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

Volume 21.2

Approaching Climate Change Adaptation: Knowledge, Power, Communication
Volume 21.1

Creative Methodologies
Volume 20.2

Approaching Trauma through Laughter, Betrayal, and Othering
Volume 20.1
Volume 19.2

Tracking Knowledge
Volume 19.1

Ethnographies of Silence
Volume 18.2

Various Topics
Volume 18.1

Comparison as Social and Cultural Practice
Volume 17.2

Gesar Epic & The Punisher
Volume 17.1

Various Topics
Volume 16.2

Various Topics
Volume 16.1

Inheritance of the Digital
Volume 15.2

Various Topics
Volume 15.1

Everyday Practice and Tradition
Volume 14

What's in a Discipline?
50th Anniversary of SIEF

Volume 13

Various Topics
Volume 12

Various Topics
Volume 11

Various Topics
All Previous Volumes

Vol 1 to Vol 20.2

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.

    EDITORIAL BOARD

  • Cultural Analysis is global in scope, with an international editorial board.

    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.

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