Guides @ UF: Folklore Studies: Material Folklore

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Note that these lists represent a broad cross-section of geographical and ethnic identities. If you do not see the specific group or identify you are searching for, go to the UF Library website, click on the Library Catalog tab, and type "folklore" plus your relevant search term.

Folk Music

Composing the Music of Africa
Call Number: ML350.1 .C66 1999 (Fine Arts Library)
ISBN: 1859281435
Publication Date: 1999
Exploring American Folk Music
Call Number: E-book
ISBN: 1617032662
Publication Date: 2012
Music Cultures of the Pacific, Near East and Asia
Call Number: ML330 .M3 1977 (Fine Arts Library) Also available via FLARE: request with UBorrow.
ISBN: 0136080006
Publication Date: 1977
Theory & Method in Historical Ethnomusicology
Call Number: E-book
ISBN: 1498507050
Publication Date: 2014
Traditional Music of America
Call Number: 781.773 F699t (FLARE: request with UBorrow.)
Publication Date: 1940

Medicine and Herbals

The Dictionary of Medical Folklore
Call Number: RC81.A2 R56 1979 (Reference)
ISBN: 0690017049
Publication Date: 1979
The Folk-lore of Plants
Call Number: GR780 .D8 1994 (Also available as an E-book.)
ISBN: 1897853378
Publication Date: 1994
Folk Medicine: The Art and Science
Call Number: RS164 .F64 1986
ISBN: 0841209391
Publication Date: 1986
A Handbook of Medicinal Herbs
Call Number: QK99.A1 D83 2001 (Marston)
ISBN:
Publication Date: 2001
Healing Sounds from the Malaysian Rainforest: Temiar Music and Medicine
Call Number: DS595.2.S3 R67 1993 (Also available as an E-book.)
ISBN: 0520082818
Publication Date: 1993
Herbal Medicines : a guide for healthcare professions
Call Number: WB925 .H532h 2002 (Health Science Library)
ISBN: 0853694745
Publication Date:
Mayo Ethnobotany
Call number: F1221.M3 Y46 2002 (Smathers) (Also available as an E-book.)
ISBN: 0520227212
Publication Date: 2002

Folk Architecture, Handicrafts, & Art

The Chinese House
Call Number: GT365 .K63 1990 (Fine Arts LIbrary)
ISBN: 0195851153
Publication Date: 1990
Crafting Gender: Women and Folk Art in Latin America and the Caribbean
Call Number: E-book
ISBN: 0822331705
Publication Date: 2003
Encyclopedia of American Folk Art
Call Number: E-book
ISBN: 0203644484
Publication Date: 2004
The Golden Age of Homespun
Call Number: E-book. (Available as a physical copy through FLARE: request with UBorrow.)
Publication Date: 1953
Mexican Folkcrafts
Call Number: NK844 .E75713 (Smathers)
ISBN: 8470310585
Publication Date: 1978
National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum: New Delhi
Call Number: NK1047 .J341 1989 (Fine Arts Library)
ISBN: 0295969180
Publication Date: 1989
Russian Folk Arts and Crafts
Call Number: NK975 .O9213 (Fine Arts Library)
Publication Date: 1966

Folk Dances & Dramas

African-American Dance: An Illustrated History
Call Number: GV1624.7.A34 G53 2007
ISBN: 0786428163
Publication Date: 2007
African Dance
Call Number: GV1705 .A47 1994
ISBN: 0865431965
Publication Date: 1996
Dance in Africa, Asia and the Pacific
Call Number: GV1689 .D36
ISBN: 0842205365
Publication Date: 1976
The English Folk-Play
Call Number: PR635.F6 C5 1964
Publication Date: 1964
Folk-Dance of India
Call Number: GV1693 .B3 1959
Publication Date: 1959
Folk Dances Around the World: US and Mexico
Call Number: GV1623 .P47
ISBN: 0489022595
Publication Date: 1980
Folk Dances of Latin America
Call Number: 793.31 L536f (Smathers)
Publication Date: 1958
Myth and Ritual in Dance, Game, and Rhyme
Call Number: GR67 S6 1947
Publication Date: 1947
Rethinking Folk Drama
Call Number: PN1631 .T46 1999
ISBN: 0313307539
Publication Date: 1999
Singing Games & Dances
Call Number: e-book. (Available as a physical copy through FLARE: request with UBorrow.)
Publication Date: 1957
Theatre in the East: A Survey of Asian Dance and Drama
Call Number: GV1689 .B6
Publication Date: 1956
World History of the Dance
Call Number: 793.309 S121wEs 1963 (FLARE: obtain via UBorrow.)
Publication Date: 1963