Frank Korom

Professor Emeritus of Religion & Anthropology

Boston University

Affiliations

College of Arts & Sciences

Anthropology

Muslim Societies & Civilizations

Religion

Frank Korom is currently serving as an Anthropology Professor Emeritus of Religion & Anthropology at Boston University.

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Frank Korom

Boston University

Professor Emeritus of Religion & Anthropology

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religious studies religion cultural studies anthropology asian studies south asian culture culture cultural anthropology cultural history folklore studies ethnography folklore tradition east asian studies comparative religion ritual islamic thought spirituality orientalism social anthropology sociocultural anthropology narrative diaspora studies cultural change ethnohistory religious symbol indigenous studies indigenous peoples ethnicity migration studies performance art gender theory public performance women's studies interfaith cultural identity museology chinese culture american literature popular medium contemporary theatre performance theory west bengal peasant studies contemporary drama japan studies prehistory regional relevance bengali folk deity indian american experience archaeological practice drama education american archaeology theatre studies transnational history cultural impact intercultural communication family diversity family formation family relationships cultural patterns population history cross-cultural perspectives leisure studies cannibal culture north indian village dominant caste muharram performances indo-caribbean diaspora ethnic space british india tibetan culture contemporary perspectives religious rhetoric branch stories tamil buddhist text middle india

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Animal Slaughter and Religious Nationalism in Bhutan. Lund University Publications (Lund University) (2021)

Mari MiyamotoJan MagnussonFrank J. Korom

wildlifeeast asian studiesindigenous studiescontemporary asiareligious studiesindigenous peoplessociocultural anthropologyasian studiesanthropologyregional studiesreligious nationalismanimal slaughtercultural anthropologycultural studies

Guru Bawa and the Making of a Transnational Sufi Family. Berlin: DeGruyter (2021)

islamic studiesislamic thoughtreligious studiessociology of religionanthropologyguru bawamiddle eastern studiesreligionreligious researchcultural anthropologyspiritualitycultural studies

New Year’s Day Performances as Nationalist Discourse in Bangladesh. Institutional Repositories DataBase (IRDB) (2021)

Frank J. Korom

nationalist discoursenationalismeast asian studies

INTRODUCTION: Locating the Study of Folklore in Modern South Asian Studies. Routledge eBooks (2020)

Frank J. Korom

east asian studiesasian studiesfolklore studiessouth asian culturecultural studies

Living and Dying: Meanings in Maithili Folklore. Journal of Folklore Research Online (2020)

thanatologydeath studiesnarrativeanthropologyfolklore studiesfolklore traditioncultural studiescultural anthropologymaithili folklorecultural history

One Goddess, Two Goddesses, Three Goddesses More: Recent Studies of Hindu Feminine Divinities. International Journal of Hindu Studies (2020)

Frank J. Korom

feminist studieshindu feminine divinitieseast asian studiesfeminist philosophyfeminist researchreligious studiesgender studiesasian studiesgender theorycultural studiesfeminist theory

Complete the Writing of a Book on Transnational Sufism.. Kharagpur Book Fair (2019)

islamic studiesislamic thoughtreligious studiestransnational sufismcomparative religionphilosophy of religionsociology of religionreligionreligious researchcultural studies

Folklore & Nationalism in India and Serbia: A Comparative Exploration.. Bulletin of the Nanzan Anthropological Institute (2019)

ethnographysouth asian culturepostcolonial writingnationalismdiaspora studiesglobal historycomparative explorationanthropologyfolklore studiesfolklore traditionculturecultural studiescultural anthropologycultural history

Male Posturing in the Chitrakar Scroll Painting Repertoire. Manly Matters in South Asia Workshop, Duke University (2019)

art historyarts-based researchvisual artsart theorymale posturingartart research

Religious Nationalisms Compared: The Curious Cases of India and Serbia.. Contexts of Folklore: Festschrift for Dan Ben-Amos on His Eighty-Fifth Birthday (2019)

religious nationalisms comparedcolonialismreligious studiesnationalismcomparative religionreligious prejudicesociology of religioncontemporary islamideologyreligionculturesouth asian culture

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