JFestStudies

An open source, peer reviewed, interdisciplinary journal publishing about holiday celebrations, family rituals, carnivals, feasts, parades, and more!

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Volume 5 of the Journal of Festive Studies, published by
@HNet_Humanities Journals is now up!
Check out the our special sections "Party Tourism" and "Event Horizons" in addition to other peer-reviewed articles, book reviews, and contributions! https://t.co/TW6IAqD0M9

[Dr. Emily Ruth Allen @emmyru91]

My first issue of @studies_j as reviews editor is out! Check out our issue on Event Horzions and Party Tourism: https://t.co/VZHapMbMVz #FestiveStudies #CelebrationStudies

[Skadi Loist @SkadiLoist]

It's emotional to see our Roundtable with Ukrainian festival organizers published on eve of anniversary of Russian invasion: https://t.co/kDcAYluQQv @studies_j
It's been long in the making since the conversation took place April 2022 w/ support from @NECS_Network and @Filmuni

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Check out our latest issue! Film Festivals: Close-up on New Research, guest-edited by Emilie Cheyroux.
https://t.co/gA4iF1nHKc

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As you wait for vol. 4, make sure to revisit vol. 3 to learn about everything from sea urchin festivals in France to Burning Man to coronations and more!
https://t.co/StaXsIGbuc

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Volume 4 will be out before you know it, but have you read vol. 2 "The Politics of Carnival"? Take a look to learn about Carnival and carnivalesque celebrations across time and space, including the Occupy Wall Street movement.
https://t.co/qAs6BlWkpO

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We are putting the final touches on JFS issue 4! In the meantime, we wanted to highlight our past issues, starting with our first issue from 2019! It includes state of the field overviews, articles on festivals and festive studies, and book reviews! https://t.co/lRCVY8eCxU

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We are now soliciting papers for issue 6, to be published in 2024! We welcome submissions on festive studies generally and for our special section, guest edited by Laurent S. Fournier, on sport and festivity. See the full CfP here: https://t.co/yeKxPdCODO

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Supporting @HNet_Humanities means supporting the Journal of Festive Studies -- an open access journal that is free for everyone to read and does not charge authors for publishing their work -- a win, win for all.

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Find out more about the prize here: https://t.co/4T8qraDHmQ

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Thrilled that Andrew Snyder received the Richard Waterman Prize for “'Carnaval em casa': Activist Inversions in Rio de Janeiro’s Street Carnival during the COVID-19 Pandemic," in v. 3 of Journal of Festive Studies!
➡️https://t.co/6UUf8xHeNR

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Photo: The bloco of Orquestra Voadora in the pre-COVID times of 2012. Courtesy of André Ramos.

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We are excited to welcome Dr. Emily Ruth Allen @emmyru91 as the reviews editor for #JFS! Emily is a musicologist studying carnival musics in Mobile, Alabama and a podcast host for the New Books Network. Welcome, Emily!!!

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In Cádiz, Spain, Carnival has "become a space where embodied feminist counter-hegemony is performed, thus contributing to the slow democratization of Spanish society," writes @KaterinSergidou in vol. 2 of #JFS. Check it out!
➡️ https://t.co/Cd8INGhFXd

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How does class play into celebrations of carnival? Regina Zervou considers how economic elites in the village of Agiasos on Lesbos have used carnival to "carnival performances to exclude undesirable, unruly individuals."

➡️ https://t.co/TmoPE8jeFy

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We are thrilled that @AnthroCora shared their experiences with @humcommons about starting the OA journal @studies_j, which is published by @HNet_Humanities.
➡️https://t.co/1yMfaZk2Am

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Today, as we continue to celebrate #OAWeek and reflect on finding joy in OA work, we've got a guest blog post from our friends at @HNetBookChannel and @studies_j. Check it out: https://t.co/lwyCGhu2nx

#OpenAccess #OpenAccessWeek #OpenAccessWeek2022
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The Journal of Festive Studies is thrilled to bring joy to open access. For #OAWeek2022, check out this piece by @AnthroCora for @humcommons about the origins and growth of JFS! https://t.co/JuMIcwiSNS

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Reviewing the scholarship on Carnival and recent collaboration between festivals in Paris and Cherbourg, Monika Salzbrunn argues that through satire and other politicized carnival rituals, the boundaries of belonging in Cherbourg and Paris have expanded.
➡️https://t.co/xCYCNpmXch

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By examining the longue duree history of Carnival in volume 2 of #JFS, Gilles Bertrand reveals present political issues that have emerged, including appropriation of public space by private interests and the recreation of traditions for mass consumption.
➡️https://t.co/lzkWXRQtZY