Western Folklore

The Rise and Fall–and Return–of the Class Rush: A Study of a Contested Tradition
Simon J. Bronner

Folklore and the Potential of Acknowledgment: Representing "India" at the Minnesota Festival of Nations
Christine Garlough

Through the Lens of the Grave Custom: The Public and Private Faces of the Western Manitoban Restaurant
Alison Marshall

Jonathan Roper, editor, Charms, Charmers and Charming: International Research on Verbal Magic
Reviewed by David Elton Gay

James McCormick and Macy Wyatt, Ghosts of the Bluegrass
Reviewed by Wendy Welch

Michael Robert Evans, Isuma: Inuit Video Art and Michael Robert Evans, The Fast Runner: Filming the Legend of Atanarjuat
Reviewed by Joanna Hearne

Julia Brauch, Anna Lipphardt and Alexandra Nocke, editors, Jewish Topographies: Visions of Space, Traditions of Place
Reviewed by Gabrielle A. Berlinger

Roy Wagner, Coyote Anthropology
Reviewed by Michael A. Lange

William Lynwood Montell, Tales from Kentucky Funeral Homes
Reviewed by Callie Clare

Trevor H. J. Marchand, The Masons of Djenné
Reviewed by Winnie Lambrecht

Mary Elizabeth Johnson, Martha Skelton: Master Quilter of Mississippi and Patricia A. Turner, Crafted Lives: Stories and Studies of African American Quilters
Reviewed by John Wolford