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With the arrival of harvest season, we thought it was the right time to look at examples of wheat weaving from our Yvonne Milspaw Collection. Though these samples originate from various locations, the practice has been active in Pennsylvania. The intricate, decorative straw work serves to celebrate the harvest. It also reflects the skill needed to create functional objects like baskets and hats. Interest in the craft re-emerged in the mid-20th century, when some of these objects were created.

Anthony Bak Buccitelli Nov 11

University Press of Mississippi has announced a Holiday Sale that includes pre-orders, so from Nov 12-19, you should be able to pre-order your copy of The Folklore of Democracy (July 2026) for only $20.26! https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/T/The-Folklore-of-Democracy

For a walkthrough of how to order, see: https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Ordering/Ordering-Video

The Folklore of Democracy

Contributions by Anthony Bak Buccitelli, Richard Bauman, Norma Cantú, Miguel Díaz-Barriga, Margaret Dorsey, Ehsan Estiri, Gary Alan Fine, Lisa Gilman, Jay Mechling, Whitney Phillips, Afsane Rezaei, Liora S ...

Anthony Bak Buccitelli Oct 15

Into Fairy Tales? This spring, I'm offering a course on folktales and legends in American literature at Penn State. All undergraduate and graduate students welcome! Sign up today!

Anthony Bak Buccitelli May 7, 2025

I’m delighted. I’ve just received my pre-release copies of “Emerging Perspectives in the Study of Folklore and Performance” from Indiana University Press! It has been a joy and an honor to work with them, our wonderful authors, and my fantastic co-editor Solimar Otero. And this volume is especially meaningful because it’s dedicated to our teacher and mentor, the late Alan Dundes and our late colleague Kit Danowski.

Anthony Bak Buccitelli Feb 19, 2025

The book I edited with the wonderful Dr. Solimar Otero is available for preorder with Indiana University Press. Check it out and order your copy! https://iupress.org/9780253072740/emerging-perspectives-in-the-study-of-folklore-and-performance/

Emerging Perspectives in the Study of Folklore and Performance

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 ...

Indiana University Press

Anthony Bak Buccitelli Nov 14, 2024

I am pleased to announce that Dr. Hande Birkalan-Gedik and I are launching a book series, "New Directions in the Study of Everyday Life, Past and Present," which will be published by Berghahn Books, in conjunction with SIEF. We will be launching officially at the Congress in Aberdeen, but we are open to accept proposals before then as well. For more information, please see the notice in SIEF's Fall 2024 newsletter: https://www.siefhome.org/publications/newsletter/22-2/item4

SIEF Series in Ethnology and Folklore

Hande Birkalan-Gedik and Anthony Bak Buccitelli announce the creation of the new SIEF Series in Ethnology and Folklore. New Directions in the Study of Everyday Life, Past and Present with Berghahn Books, and also introduce the international editorial board of the series.

Anthony Bak Buccitelli Aug 31, 2024

Academic friends: we’re hiring for a wide range of positions, in areas that include Latino research, communication (mass media/media literacy), and media production. Check them out! https://psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic

Anthony Bak Buccitelli Apr 5, 2024

American Studies at Penn State Apr 5, 2024

Dr. Jeffrey Tolbert’s new co-edited book, Mobius Media, is available for pre-order! The book features essays by Drs. Tolbert and Buccitelli, among many others.

Anthony Bak Buccitelli Mar 21, 2023

Academic friends: I am guest editing a special issue of the journal Genealogy with the topic "Disturbed Traditions: Memory, Narrative, Race, and Ethnicity in the Anthropocene." Check out the call for submissions here, circulate to anyone who may be interested, and feel free to write to me at [email protected] with any questions!

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/genealogy/special_issues/RYP972T4TE

Genealogy

Genealogy, an international, peer-reviewed Open Access journal.

Anthony Bak Buccitelli Nov 24, 2022

Roxi Horror 💀🌸Nov 24, 2022

ME, 10: I want a big mansion

ME, 20: I want a cool apartment

ME, 30: I want a small hut that stands on chicken legs & has been hidden away deep in the forest