Octoberfest of Folklore Books

It is October and time to go through the list of the new books coming out this month!

• Folklore/Cinema: Film as Vernacular Culture - Mikel J. Koven. This book uses my favorite phrase in the subtitle!
• Funeral Rituals in Eastern Shandong, China: An Anthropological Study - Zhou Shaoming.
• Fairy Tale Review, The Aquamarine Issue - ed. by Kate Bernheimer.
• The Penguin Book of Classical Myth - Jenny March.
• Encyclopedia of Pasta - Oretta Zanini de Vita (California Studies in Food and Culture).
• Elves in Anglo-Saxon England: Matters of Belief, Health, Gender, and Identity - Alaric Hall (Anglo-Saxon Studies).
• Bodies, Pleasures, and Passions: Sexual Culture in Contemporary Brazil (Second Edition) - Richard G. Parker.
• African Discourse in Islam, Oral Traditions, and Performance - Abdul-rasheed Na'allah (African Studies)
• Russian Magic: Living Folk Traditions of an Enchanted Landscape - Cherry Gilchrist.
• Modern Greek Folklore and Ancient Greek Religion: A Study in Survivals - John Cuthbert Lawson. This is a reprint of a book that popped up a lot in graduate school.
• Myths and Legends of the Celtic Race - T. W. Rolleston (Classic REprint)
• Dulcimer Maker: The Craft of Homer Ledford - R. Gerald Alvey.
• The Making of a Reform Jewish Cantor: Musical Authority, Cultural Investment - Judah M. Cohen.
• We Will Dance Our Truth: Yaqui History in Yoeme Performances - David Delgado Shorter.
• Working the Field: Accounts from French Louisiana - Jacques Henry & Sara Le Menestrel.