Open AccessInterview with Jack Santino
Author(s) -
Isabel Cristina Machado
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of festive studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2641-9939
DOI - 10.33823/jfs.2021.3.1.120
Subject(s) - folklore , politics , media studies , sociology , carnivalesque , identity (music) , popular culture , art , art history , anthropology , political science , law , literature , aesthetics
Isabel Machado interviews Jack Santino on Public Performances: Studies in the Carnivalesque and Ritualesque (2017). Interview Date: Sep 17, 2020
Dr. Jack Santino is professor of folklore and popular culture and has served as director of the Bowling Green Center for Popular Culture Studies. He was the Alexis de Tocqueville Distinguished Professor at the University of Paris, Sorbonne, 2010–2011. He was a Fulbright Scholar to Northern Ireland and has conducted research in Spain and France. His documentary film on Pullman Porters, Miles of Smiles, Years of Struggle, received four Emmy awards. His research centers on rituals and celebrations, with a particular focus on carnival and political and public ritual as reflective of political, social, and cultural identity. He is the author of numerous books and articles. (Maybe also mention that he is in the JFS board?)