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""Folkloresque introduces a new concept to explore the dynamic relationship between folklore and popular culture. Folkloresque describes the phenomenon were folklore is vaguely referenced for its power to connect beyond a product--tropes in the domain of popular culture that deploy folkloristic themes but outside academic folklore"--Provided by publisher"--

Cover -- Contents -- UNESCO on the Ground -- LOCAL STUDIES -- 1 Voices on the Ground: Kutiyattam, UNESCO, and the Heritage of Humanity -- 2 The Economic Imperative of UNESCO Recognition: A South Korean Shamanic Ritual -- 3 Demonic or Cultural Treasure? Local Perspectives on Vimbuza, Intangible Cultural Heritage, and UNESCO in Malawi -- 4 Imagined UNESCOs: Interpreting Intangible Cultural Heritage on a Japanese Island -- 5 Macedonia, UNESCO, and Intangible Cultural Heritage: The Challenging Fate of Teškoto -- 6 Shifting Actors and Power Relations: Contentious Local Responses to the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Contemporary China -- CRTICAL DISCUSSION -- 7 Understanding UNESCO: A Complex Organization with Many Parts and Many Actors -- 8 Learning to Live with ICH: Diagnosis and Treatment -- 9 From Cultural Forms to Policy Objects: Comparison in Scholarship and Policy -- Index

"What is the role of folklore in the discussion of catastrophe and trauma? How do disaster survivors use language, ritual, and the material world to articulate their experiences? What insights and tools can the field of folkloristics offer survivors for navigating and narrating disaster and its aftermath? Can folklorists contribute to broader understandings of empathy and the roles of listening in ethnographic work? We Are All Survivors is a collection of essays exploring the role of folklore in the wake of disaster. Contributors include scholars from the United States and Japan who have long worked with disaster-stricken communities or are disaster survivors themselves; individual chapters address Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Maria, and two earthquakes in Japan, including the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster of 2011. Adapted from a 2017 special issue of Fabula (from the International Society for Folk Narrative Research), the book includes a revised introduction, an additional chapter with original illustrations, and a new conclusion considering how folklorists are documenting the COVID-19 pandemic. We Are All Survivors bears witness to survivors' expressions of remembrance, grieving, and healing"--