This comprehensive compilation of entries documents the origins, transmissions, and transformations of Asian American folklore and folklife. Equally instructive and intriguing, the Encyclopedia of Asian American Folklore and Folklife provides an illuminating overview of Asian American folklore as a way of life. Surveying the histories, peoples, and cultures of numerous Asian American ethnic and cultural groups, the work covers everything from ancient Asian folklore, folktales, and folk practices that have been transmitted and transformed in America to new expressions of Asian American folklore and folktales unique to the Asian American historical and contemporary experiences. The encyclopedia's three comprehensive volumes cover an extraordinarily wide range of Asian American cultural and ethnic groups, as well as mixed-race and mixed-heritage Asian Americans. Each group section is introduced by a historical overview essay followed by short entries on topics such as ghosts and spirits, clothes and jewelry, arts and crafts, home decorations, family and community, religious practices, rituals, holidays, music, foodways, literature, traditional healing and medicine, and much, much more. Topics and theories are examined from crosscultural and interdisciplinary perspectives to add to the value of the work.

English version. A re-narration of orature from Barlig, Mountain Province, Philippines, these stories were originally recounted by respected village elders in its original language, Finallig. This collection brings you to a magical world of heroes, spirits, monsters and enchanted maidens in the highland region of Northern Philippines.

"This issue of the Filipinos in Hawaii is in commemoration of the 90th anniversary of Filipino immigration to Hawaii. It represents the second milestone in being the second issue of Social Process in Hawaii which focuses with rich description and analysis of the experience of Filipino immigrants and their descendants in the creation of identity, community, and participation in Hawaii, in impacting upon the region of origin, and upon the larger Hawaii and American society." --from the Foreword This volume is a collection of articles on various aspects of the Filipino American community in Hawaii. It was published in commemoration of the ninetieth anniversary of Filipino immigration to Hawaii.

Encyclopedia of American Folklore helps readers explore the topics, terms, themes, figures, and issues related to the folklore of the United States.

In 1904, over 12 million people flocked to St. Louis to take part in that year's World's Fair. What was the spectacle like? What were the Fair visitors thinking as they gazed upon scantily clad Filipino tribesmen, arts & crafts from around the world, & mechanical marvels that promised a future of never ending prosperity & progress? INDESCRIBABLY GRAND: DIARIES & LETTERS FROM THE 1904 WORLD'S FAIR, readers will learn exactly what was on the minds of Fair visitors - in the words of the visitors themselves. INDESCRIBABLY GRAND reprints two diaries, two memoirs, & one group of letters from a diverse group of Fair visitors, revealing the wealth of sensation & emotion that overwhelmed them once they entered the fairgrounds. Featuring over one hundred period photographs, informative annotations, & an insightful introduction by Missouri Historical Society archivist Martha Clevenger, INDESCRIBABLY GRAND will be of interest to anyone interested in world's fairs or turn-of-the-century culture. $32.95 cloth (ISBN 1-883982-14-6), $22.95 paper (ISBN 1-883982-09-X). Order from Missouri Historical Society Press, P.O. Box 11940, St. Louis, MO 63112-0040.