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, feminist, and postcolonial scholarship in folkloristics. Contr...

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 curated works in Theorizing Folklore from the Margins offer clear ...

I have spent my life searching for wordsto express the depth of a woundthat can only be shared in tears.Beyond translation,more powerful than words,tears are a language God understandsand a dialect we learn in thorns and thistles.While letters drop from words like falling stars,and tears shadow the rain,God whispers through my pain.In poetry and prose,these words are my faith, hope, and lovefor those with a...

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