Most Recent Reviews

Below are the 15 most recent books reviewed by the Journal of Folklore Research. Clicking the links will bring you to the review's own page where you can see complete biblopgraphic information and read the entire review.

What Objects Mean: An Introduction to Material Culture (Arthur Asa Berger)
Voodoo Priests, Noble Savages, and Ozark Gypsies: The Life of Folklorist Mary Alicia Owen (Greg Olson)
Chippewa Lake: A Community in Search of an Identity (Cindy L. Hull)
Ghost of the Ozarks: Murder and Memory in the Upland South (Brooks Blevins)
Folk Culture in the Digital Age: The Emergent Dynamics of Human Interaction (Editor: Trevor J. Blank)
The Celts: History, Life, and Culture (Editor: John T. Koch and Antone Minard)
Always for the Underdog: Leather Britches Smith and the Grabow War (Keagan LeJeune)
The Florida Folklife Reader (Tina Bucuvalas)
A Companion to Folklore (Editor: Regina F. Bendix and Galit Hasan-Rokem)
Encounters with Witchcraft: Field Notes from Africa (Norman N. Miller)
Just Folklore: Analysis, Interpretation, Critique (Elliott Oring)
From the Hands of a Weaver: Olympic Peninsula Basketry through Time (Editor: Jacilee Wray)
Miraculous Plenty: Irish Religious Folktales and Legends (Editor: Seán Ó Súilleabháin)
Kaiki: Uncanny Tales From Japan, Volume 1: Tales of Old Edo (Editor: Higashi Masao)
Kaiki: Uncanny Tales From Japan, Volume 2: Country Delights (Editor: Higashi Masao)

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