Research Guides: Gender and Women's Studies / Anthropology 2400 : Women's Folklore: Books? Are you kidding me?

Books on Reserve for this Class

Your instructor has specially selected dozens of folklore titles especially for this course. They are kept here in the library at the central, "Ask Us" desk & you may check them out there. They stay in the library, but you can easily scan articles, sections, even entire chapters at one of our three open book scanners--then send or save the .pdf files for future use! Check here for Women's Folklore Reserves.

You can also search for Reserves directly from the library homepage under "Search Course Reserves."

Course Reserves at Auraria Library

Ebooks for this Class

Encyclopedia of Women's Folklore & Folklife
"Provides entries on women's folklore and folklife in various regions of the world, such as the Caribbean, Central Asia, the Middle East, and Western Europe."
Nature, Culture and Gender: Re-reading the folktale
"Folktales in India have been told, heard, read and celebrated for many centuries. In breaking new ground, Indian folktales have been reread and examined in the light of the Mother Earth discourse as it manifests in the lifeworlds of women, nature and language."
Crafting gender: women and folk art in Latin America and the Caribbean
"This volume initiates a gender-based framework for analyzing the folk art of Latin America and the Caribbean. Defined here broadly as the "art of the people" and as having a primarily decorative, rather than utilitarian, purpose, folk art is not solely the province of women, but folk art by women in Latin America has received little sustained attention."
The worlds of Russian village women: tradition, transgression, compromise
"Russian rural women have been depicted as victims of oppressive patriarchy, celebrated as symbols of inherent female strength, and extolled as the original source of a great world culture. But how do they see themselves? What do their stories, songs, and customs reveal about their values, desires, and motivations?"

Finding Books

Though Auraria Library has access to thousands of online and print materials, no library has everything. However, it's likely you can get access to an item through other sources!

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