Popular Beliefs & Controversial Knowledge

Some of the nation's most compelling ghost stories owe their origin to The Father of Waters. Ghosts along the Mississippi River is the first book-l...

Florida is blessed with a semitropical climate, beautiful inland areas, and over a thousand miles of warm seas and sandy beaches. And Floridians ar...

Florida is blessed with a semitropical climate, beautiful inland areas, and over a thousand miles of warm seas and sandy beaches. And Floridians ar...

In Frankenstein Was a Vegetarian: Essays on Food Choice, Identity, and Symbolism, Michael Owen Jones tackles topics often overlooked in foodways. A...

The undead are very much alive in contemporary entertainment and lore. Indeed, vampires and zombies have garnered attention in print media, cinema,...

Rebuilding in Louisiana and Mississippi after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita presented some very thorny issues. Certain cultural projects benefited fr...

A collection of political talesfirst published in British workers magazinesselected and introduced by acclaimed critic and author Michael RosenIn t...

From their beginnings, campuses emerged as hotbeds of traditions and folklore. American college students inhabit a culture with its own slang, stor...

From their beginnings, campuses emerged as hotbeds of traditions and folklore. American college students inhabit a culture with its own slang, stor...

Folk Fusion collates a resurgence of old folk tales and traditions through the contemporary brushstrokes of artists who seamlessly blend the old wi...

How have fairy tales from around the world changed over the centuries? What do they tell us about different cultures and societies? Spanning chrono...

How have fairy tales from around the world changed over the centuries? What do they tell us about different cultures and societies? Spanning the ye...