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About Rachel Hopkin
Rachel Hopkin PhD is a UK born, US based folklorist and radio producer and is currently a PhD candidate at the Ohio State University.
NBN Episodes hosted by Rachel:
September 1, 2024
Folksongs of Another America
Folksongs of Another America: Field Recordings from the Upper Midwest, 1937–1946 (University of Wisconsin Press) first appeared in 2015 when it compri…
January 3, 2024
Body and Tradition in Nineteenth-Century France
The moorlands of Gascony are often considered one of the most dramatic examples of top-down rural modernization in nineteenth-century Europe. From an …
December 14, 2020
Life as a Folklorist and Folklore Studies
Today I talked with Jack Zipes about a life in Folklore Studies, about some of his many publications, and about publishing fairy tales. Jack Zipes is …
May 26, 2020
Rhythms of Revolt
The culture of insurgents in early modern Europe was primarily an oral one; memories of social conflicts in the communities affected were passed on th…
May 25, 2020
The Poetry of Everyday Life
This is a book of encounters. Part memoir, part essay, and partly a guide to maximizing your capacity for fulfillment and expression, The Poetry of Ev…
July 30, 2019
Implied Nowhere
In Implied Nowhere: Absence in Folklore Studies (University Press of Mississippi, 2019) authors Shelley Ingram, Willow G. Mullins, and Todd Richardson…
July 2, 2019
The Folkloresque
This volume introduces a new concept to explore the dynamic relationship between folklore and popular culture: the "folkloresque." With "folkloresque,…
May 7, 2019
Black Lives Matter and Music
Music has always been integral to the Black Lives Matter movement in the United States, with songs such as Kendrick Lamar’s "Alright," J. Cole’s "Be F…
April 17, 2019
The Secret Life of a Black Aspie
Anand Prahlad was born on a former plantation in Virginia in 1954. This memoir, vividly internal, powerfully lyric, and brilliantly impressionistic, i…
March 4, 2019
Cræft
Alexander Langlands is a British archaeologist, historian, writer, and broadcaster. His most recent book, Cræft: An Inquiry into the Origins and True …
January 31, 2019
Tradition, Urban Identity, and the Baltimore 'Hon'
Folklorist David J. Puglia is an assistant professor at the City University of New York and in his latest book - Tradition, Urban Identity, and the Ba…
December 14, 2018
Right to the Juke Joint
On its back cover, Patrick B. Mullen’s Right to the Juke Joint: A Personal History of American Music (University of Illinois Press, 2018) is aptly des…
November 14, 2018
Czech Bluegrass
Although bluegrass music is typically associated with the bluegrass state of Kentucky and Appalachia, the genre is actually played in many pockets all…
November 9, 2018
Consuming Katrina
Kate Parker Horigan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology at Western Kentucky University, and a co-editor of th…
July 25, 2018
Quilts and Health
In Quilts and Health (Indiana University Press, 2017), Marsha MacDowell and her colleagues examine the phenomenon of health-related quilts, of which t…
May 30, 2018
Burley
Ann K. Ferrell is an Associate Professor and the Director of the Folk Studies program at Western Kentucky University, and also Editor-in-Chief of the …
May 8, 2018
Built with Faith
Folklore scholar Joseph Sciorra is the Director for Academic and Cultural Programs at the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute in Queens Colleg…
March 28, 2018
Singular Spaces
Singular Spaces: From the Eccentric to the Extraordinary in Spanish Art Environments (Raw Vision, 2013) is an audacious tome. A comprehensive survey o…
March 8, 2018
Peggy Seeger
When folklorist Jean Freedman first met Peggy Seeger in 1979, Freedman was an undergraduate on her junior year abroad in London, while her American co…
February 8, 2018
If You Don't Laugh, You'll Cry
Claire Schmidt is not a prison worker, rather she is a folklorist and an Assistant Professor at Missouri Valley College. However, many members of her …
January 10, 2018
Pinery Boys
Gretchen Dykstra's career to date has been both impressive and wide-ranging. She was the founding President of the Times Square Alliance, the former C…
December 25, 2017
Voices of the People in Nineteenth-Century France
The author of this book, David Hopkin, is Professor of European Social History at Hertford College, Oxford. He is also my brother. However, I'm not fe…
December 8, 2017
On Second Thought
On Second Thought: Learned Women Reflect on Profession, Community, and Purpose (University of Utah Press, 2017) is a collection of thirteen essays by …