Trickster Press, housed at the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, invites submissions from interested folks at any stage of their academic careers for the upcoming edition of Folklore Forum. We are an online, interdisciplinary, and graduate student-run open-access journal dedicated, but not limited, to the disciplines of folklore and ethnomusicology.…Continue reading “Submissions”
New submission deadline: August 15!
Due to COVID-19 complications, Folklore Forum is pushing back the submission deadline to August 15, 2020. Remember, academic articles are just one form of writing we publish–check out the CFP (linked in the Submissions page on the right) for other options! The Open Forum option, for example, is a great outlet for reflections on the intersections of COVID-19 and folklore.
Review: The Folkloresque: Reframing Folklore in a Popular Culture World
The Folkloresque: Reframing Folklore in a Popular Culture World. Edited by Michael Dylan Foster and Jeffrey A. Tolbert. 2016. Logan:…
Review: Pinery Boys: Songs and Songcatching in the Lumberjack Era
Pinery Boys: Songs and Songcatching in the Lumberjack Era. Edited by Franz Rickaby with Gretchen Dykstra and James P. Leary.…
“Hometown Cooking”: Layering Values, Mass-Produced, and Garden-Raised Foods in Tater Tot Hot Dish in Southwest Minnesota
Abstract: Hot dishes, or casseroles, are popularly conceptualized as meals comprised merely of mass-produced ingredients. Through a close reading of…
