Courses: folklore in Appalachia today (folkloristics), rhetorics of the body (disability studies, material rhetoric, and more), teaching the humanities (teaching assistantship for a graduate-level "expository writing for research" course) Every book after spot 6 is selected by formal instructor for student reading in teaching course Every book after spot 15 is used only in short excerpts
Fall '23 Class Readings Unlisted
Created by FossilPoet
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Living Folklore by Martha C. Sims, Martine Stephens
Living Folklore is a comprehensive, straightforward introduction to folklore as it is lived, shared and practiced in contemporary settings. Drawing …
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Another Appalachia by Neema Avashia
4 stars
2023 Lambda Literary Award Finalist, Lesbian Memoir/Biography Named the BEST LGBTQ+ MEMOIR of 2022 by Book Riot Named a New …
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Encyclopedia of Appalachia by Rudy Abramson, Jean Haskell
Appalachia holds a curious place in the American psyche. There is a pervasive perception of the region as a hinterland …
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Doing Ethnography Today by Elizabeth Campbell, Luke Eric Lassiter
Doing Ethnography Today explores the methodologies and theories behind contemporary, collaborative ethnography and provides an opportunity to cultivate experience with …
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Handbook for Folklore and Ethnomusicology Fieldwork by Lisa Gilman, John Fenn
Handbook for Folklore and Ethnomusicology Fieldwork offers a comprehensive review of the ethnographic process for developing a project, implementing the …
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Food: The Key Concepts by Warren Belasco
3 stars
Food: The Key Concepts presents an exciting, coherent and interdisciplinary introduction to food studies for the beginning reader. Food Studies …
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Cornbread Nation 3 by Ronni Lundy
The stories, poems, and essays gathered in Cornbread Nation 3: Foods of the Mountain South were born along the winding …
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Culture, Environment, and Conservation in the Appalachian South by Benita J. Howell
Focusing on the mountainous area from northern Alabama to West Virginia, this important volume explores the historic and contemporary interrelations …
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Music as Social Life by Thomas Turino (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology)
People around the world and throughout history have used music to express their inner emotions, reach out to the divine, …
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Women's Words by Daphne Patai, Sherna Berger Gluck
Women's Words is the first collection of writings devoted exclusively to exploring the theoretical, methodological, and practical problems that arise …
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Weighty Problems by Laura Backstrom
Many parents, teachers, and doctors believe that childhood obesity is a social problem that needs to be solved. Yet, missing …
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Disability Rhetoric by Jay Timothy Dolmage (Critical Perspectives on Disability)
Disability Rhetoric is the first book to view rhetorical theory and history through the lens of disability studies. Traditionally, the …
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The Disability Studies Reader by Lennard J. Davis
The fifth edition of The Disability Studies Reader addresses the post-identity theoretical landscape by emphasizing questions of interdependency and independence, …
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Movie stars, entertainers, game-show hosts, jugglers, plate-spinners, gospel choirs, corporate executives posing with over-sized checks, household name-brand products, smiling children …
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Extraordinary Bodies by Rosemarie Garland Thomson
Extraordinary Bodies is a cornerstone text of disability studies, establishing the field upon its publication in 1997. Framing disability as …
