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  • Theorizing Folklore from the Margins

    Critical and Ethical Approaches

    Edited by Solimar Otero, Mintzi Auanda Martínez-Rivera ...
    Series series Activist Encounters in Folklore and Ethnomusicology
    The study of folklore has historically focused on the daily life and culture of regular people, such as artisans, storytellers, and craftspeople. But what can folklore reveal about strategies of belonging, survival, and reinvention in moments of crisis?The experience of living in hostile conditions for cultural, social, political, or economic reasons has redefined communities in crisis. The ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Emerging Perspectives in the Study of Folklore and Performance

    by Erica Acevedo-Ontiveros, Katherine Borland, Kit Danowski, Lisa Gabbert, Lisa Gilman, Sarah M. Gordon, Gregory Hansen, Sverker Hyltén-Cavallius, Eric Mayer-García, celia meredith, Pris Nasrat, Sabra Webber ...
    Just over half a century ago, the rise in what became known as the "performance turn" in folklore studies led to the diffusion of performance as both a lens and a key concept across a wide range of humanistic disciplines. Now, it's time to take stock of the myriad ways in which performance and folklore studies have developed along both parallel and intersecting paths.Emerging Perspectives in the ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Esu-Elegba’s Crossroads

    Transcultural Creativity in the Works of Femi Euba

    Edited by Eric Mayer-García, Solimar Otero ...
    This book features a collection of essays and testimonials that provide new perspectives and incisive criticism on the writings and theatrical productions of Nigerian American author, director, and theorist Femi Euba. Esu, the Yoruba trickster deity of the crossroads, brings cohesion to this project and serves as a guiding principle for its contributors who draw upon Esu’s mysteries to illuminate ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Theorizing Folklore from the Margins

    Critical and Ethical Approaches

    by Solimar Otero, Mintzi Auanda Martínez-Rivera, Rachel V. González-Martin, Juan Eduardo Wolf, Miriam Melton-Villanueva, Sheila Bock, Rhonda R. Dass, Cheikh Tidiane Lo, Katherine Borland0, Itzel Guadalupe Garcia1, Mabel Cuesta2, Gloria M. Colom Braña3, Martin A. Tsang4, Xóchitl Chávez5, Cory W. Thorne6, Phyllis M. May-Machunda7, Alexander Fernández8 ...
    Series series Activist Encounters in Folklore and Ethnomusicology
    The study of folklore has historically focused on the daily life and culture of regular people, such as artisans, storytellers, and craftspeople. But what can folklore reveal about strategies of belonging, survival, and reinvention in moments of crisis?The experience of living in hostile conditions for cultural, social, political, or economic reasons has redefined communities in crisis. The ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Advancing Folkloristics

    by Margaret A. Mills, Kay Turner, Andrea Kitta, Jeanmarie Rouhier-Willoughby, Cory W. Thorne, Solimar Otero, Gregory Hansen, Betty J. Belanus, Phyllis M. May-Machunda, Anthony Guest-Scott, Anika Wilson, Wanda G. Addison, Debra Lattanzi Shutika, Lynne S. McNeill, Trevor J. Blank, Norma Elia Cantú, Guillermo De Los Reyes ...
    An unprecedented number of folklorists are addressing issues of class, race, gender, and sexuality in academic and public spaces in the US, raising the question: How can folklorists contribute to these contemporary political affairs? Since the nature of folkloristics transcends binaries, can it help others develop critical personal narratives?Advancing Folkloristics covers topics such as queer, ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Archives of Conjure

    Stories of the Dead in Afrolatinx Cultures

    by Solimar Otero ...
    Series series Gender, Theory, and Religion
    In Afrolatinx religious practices such as Cuban Espiritismo, Puerto Rican Santería, and Brazilian Candomblé, the dead tell stories. Communicating with and through mediums’ bodies, they give advice, make requests, and propose future rituals, creating a living archive that is coproduced by the dead. In this book, Solimar Otero explores how Afrolatinx spirits guide collaborative spiritual-scholarly ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Archives of Conjure

    Stories of the Dead in Afrolatinx Cultures

    by Solimar Otero ...
    Series series Gender, Theory, and Religion
    In Afrolatinx religious practices such as Cuban Espiritismo, Puerto Rican Santería, and Brazilian Candomblé, the dead tell stories. Communicating with and through mediums’ bodies, they give advice, make requests, and propose future rituals, creating a living archive that is coproduced by the dead. In this book, Solimar Otero explores how Afrolatinx spirits guide collaborative spiritual-scholarly ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Afro-Cuban Diasporas in the Atlantic World

    by Solimar Otero ...
    Afro-Cuban Diasporas in the Atlantic World explores how Yoruba and Afro-Cuban communities moved across the Atlantic between the Americas and Africa in successive waves in the nineteenth century. In Havana, Yoruba slaves from Lagos banded together to buy their freedom and sail home to Nigeria. Once in Lagos, this Cuban repatriate community became known as the Aguda. This community built their own ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Yemoja

    Gender, Sexuality, and Creativity in the Latina/o and Afro-Atlantic Diasporas

    Edited by Solimar Otero, Toyin Falola ...
    Bridges theory, art, and practice to discuss emerging issues in transnational religious movements in Latina/o and African diasporas.Finalist for the 2014 Albert J. Raboteau Prize for the Best Book in Africana Religions presented by the Journal of Africana ReligionsThis is the first collection of essays to analyze intersectional religious and cultural practices surrounding the deity Yemoja. In Afro ... Read more

    $35.09 USD

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    Language, Social Practice, and Identity within Puerto Rican Taíno Activism

    by Sherina Feliciano-Santos ...
    Series series Critical Caribbean Studies
    A Contested Caribbean Indigeneity is an in-depth analysis of the debates surrounding Taíno/Boricua activism in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean diaspora in New York City. Drawing on in-depth ethnographic research, media analysis, and historical documents, the book explores the varied experiences and motivations of Taíno/Boricua activists as well as the alternative fonts of authority they draw on to ... Read more

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  • Global Issues in Contemporary Hispanic Women's Writing

    Shaping Gender, the Environment, and Politics

    Edited by Estrella Cibreiro, Francisca López ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Contemporary Literature
    This collection explores the contributions of Hispanic women writers to ongoing Western debates on gender, power, ethics, and the environment, offering a wide range of essays that specifically portray the ways in which contemporary writers focus on issues of global impact in a deliberate and purposeful manner. The contributors analyze texts pertaining to all literary genres, examining a myriad of ... Read more

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  • Sounds of Crossing

    Music, Migration, and the Aural Poetics of Huapango Arribeño

    by Alex E. Chávez ...
    Series series Refiguring American Music
    In Sounds of Crossing Alex E. Chávez explores the contemporary politics of Mexican migrant cultural expression manifest in the sounds and poetics of huapango arribeño, a musical genre originating from north-central Mexico. Following the resonance of huapango's improvisational performance within the lives of audiences, musicians, and himself—from New Year's festivities in the highlands of ... Read more

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