Cultural Analysis 2024 (original) (raw)
Volume 22.1
Stephen Olbrys Gencarella
Folk Research: A Query and a Critique
Responses by: Simon J. Bronner and Anthony Bak Buccitelli
Sarita Ray Chaudhury
“Laugh like Surpanakha:” Modern Literary Re-Imagining of a Famous Villainess in Indian Folkloric Traditions
Response by: Sritama Maitra
Tiago Pires
Ethnopsychiatry of the Devil: Demonic Possession as a Cultural Language for Subjective Suffering in Contemporary Italy
Responses by: Joseph P. Laycock and Sean McCloud
Book Review
Gregory Hansen
Handbook for Folklore and Ethnomusicology Fieldwork (Gilman and Fenn)
Book Review
Mary L. Sellers
Midwestern Strange: Hunting Monsters, Martians, and the Weird in Flyover Country.
Forum Series 1: Pandemics & Politics
The Editors
Introduction: Changing Landscapes
Dom Tartaglia, Kaitlyn L. Kinney, Christine J. Widmayer, Annamarie Morel, Daisy Ahlstone, & Jared L. Schmidt
Becoming Folkwise: Sustaining Digital Community While Socially Distant (Essay)
Juwen Zhang
Making Sense of the Pandemic of Racism: From the Asian Exclusion Act in 1924 to the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act in 2021
Response by: Fariha I. Khan
Lucy M. Long
Refrigerators, Cupboards, and Canning Jars: Emergent Meanings and Subversive Practices in Food Preservation and Storage During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Response by: Janet C. Gilmore
Andrea Kitta
God is My Vaccine: Religious Belief and COVID in the United States (Essay)
Levi Bochantin & James I. Deutsch
The Folkloric Roots and Pandemic Popularity of the QAnon Conspiracy Theory (Essay)
Malay Bera
Interrogating Social Distancing: Pandemic and Farmers’ Protest in India
Adam Hinden, Ziying You, & Zhen Guo
Online Activism and Grassroots Memorialization in the Age of COVID-19: Dr. Li Wenliang's Virtual Wailing Wall
Response by: Frederik Schmitz
About Cultural Analysis
Cultural Analysis is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to investigating expressive and everyday culture. The journal features analytical research articles, but also includes notes, reviews, and cross-disciplinary responses.
Established in 2000 in the Berkeley Folklore Archives, Cultural Analysis has published over 19 volumes and hosts a global editorial board and collective.
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Cultural Analysis is global in scope, with an international editorial board.
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Cultural Analysis is global in scope, with an international editorial board.
Submission Guidelines
Cultural Analysis encourages submissions from a variety of theoretical standpoints and from different disciplines, including, but not limited to, anthropology, cultural studies, folklore, media studies, popular culture, psychology, and sociology.
Authors should submit research articles of approximately 8,000-10,000 words in length, in accordance with the Chicago Manual of Style, 17th Edition, and include an abstract of 100 words and a "Works Cited" section. Authors must provide either an electronic or a paper copy of their article. Microsoft Word is the preferred format for all electronic copies. Electronic copies may be sent as e-mail attachments to caforum1@gmail.com. Essays (2,500 to 3,500 words) are also welcomed.