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JFR offers timely and concise reviews of recent works (including books, museum exhibits, scholarly websites, DVD and CD-ROM productions, and video and film documentaries) relevant to the discipline of folkloristics, delivered directly and free of charge to individuals through an e-mail subscription list, as well as on-line at the Journal of Folklore Research website. Any inquiries regarding this service may be directed to our reviews staff. Please note that all reviews published by JFR are permanently archived on this site.
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Most recent reviews
| From Afro-Cuban Rhythms to Latin Jazz (Raul A. Fernandez) |
| Yaqui Homeland and Homeplace: The Everyday Production of Ethnic Identity (Kirstin C. Erickson) |
| Intimate Heritage: Creating Uyghur Muqam Song in Xinjiang (Nathan Light) |
| Seditious Histories: Contesting Thai and Southeast Asian Pasts (Craig J. Reynolds) |
| Children Born from Eggs: African Magic Tales - Texts and Discussions (Sigrid Schmidt) |
| Every Woman Is a World: Interviews with Women of Chiapas (Gayle Walker and Kiki Suárez) |
| Women, Pain and Death: Rituals and Everyday Life on the Margins of Europe and Beyond (Editor: Evy Johanne Håland)
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| Garlic Capital of the World: Gilroy, Garlic, and the Making of a Festive Foodscape (Pauline Adema) |
| The Form and Function of Ritual Dialogue in the Marriage Traditions of Celtic-Language Cultures (Neill Martin) |
| Martyrdom, Murder, and Magic: Child Saints and Their Cults in Medieval Europe (Patricia Healy Wasyliw) |
| Aboriginal Folk Tales of Taiwan: Animals, Heroes, and Heroic Adventures (Charles P. Beaupre) |
| Village Values: Negotiating Identity, Gender, and Resistance in Urban Russian Life-Cycle Rituals (Jeanmarie Rouhier-Willoughby) |
| History and the Supernatural in Medieval England (C. S. Watkins) |
| An Ethnographic Study of Afro-Mexicans in Mexico’s Gulf Coast: Fishing, Festivals, and Foodways (Raymond A. Hall) |
| Heroines of Jiangyong: Chinese Narrative Ballads in Women's Script |
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