Frank Korom
Boston University, Religion, Faculty Member
- Religion, History, Cultural History, Anthropology, Folklore, South Asian Studies, and 46 moreTibetan Studies, History of Folklore Theory and Method, Indian Literature, Hinduism, Religious Studies, Museums and Identity, Transnationalism, Tibetan History, Caste, Diaspora, Sufism, Diasporas, Comparative Religion, Tibetan diaspora, Ethnographic Methods, Museum and Heritage Studies, New Museology, Modern Tibetan History(20th Century), Ethnographic fieldwork, Fieldwork in Anthropology, Museums and Exhibition Design, Tantra, Liminality, Museum Interpretation, Religion and Modernity, New Age spirituality, South Asia, Sanskrit language and literature, Fieldwork, History of Religions, Bengali Literature, Diaspora and transnationalism, Indian Diaspora (Migration and Ethnicity), Western Esotericism (Anthropology), Tantric Studies, Ritual, Sri Aurobindo, Anthropology of Borders, Museums, Museology, Glocalization, History of the Study of Religions, Anthropology of Religion, Ritual Studies, Patachitra and Patuas of Bengal, and Edit My Profileedit
- I am an ethnographer interested in the religions, cultures and folklore of South Asia, the Caribbean, and Tibet. My b... moreI am an ethnographer interested in the religions, cultures and folklore of South Asia, the Caribbean, and Tibet. My broad interests are informed by interdisciplinary research that incorporates both the humanities and social sciences, especially performance studies and the ethnography of communication.edit
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This is a brief and personalized account of how I got interested in the Middle Bengali text known as Dharmamangal, especially the version written by Ghanaram.
Research Interests: Hinduism, Mythology And Folklore, Folklore, Indian studies, South Asian Studies, and 15 moreOrality-Literacy Studies, Oral Traditions, Epic Literature, Bengali Literature, South Asian Literature, South Asian Religions, Epic poetry, India, Oral literature, Indology, Bengali Language & Literature, Bengali, West Bengal, Medieval Epics, and Bengali Language and Literature
Research Interests: Hinduism, Folklore, Mythology, Ethnomusicology, Performance Studies, and 15 morePopular Culture, Indian studies, South Asian Studies, Orality-Literacy Studies, Ritual, Oral Traditions, Performance, Bengali Literature, History of Folklore Theory and Method, Folk Religion, India, Oral literature, Bengali Language & Literature, Medieval Epics, and Bengal studies
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Research Interests: Narrative, Space and Place, Anthropology of locality, Folk legends, Sense of Place, and 15 moreBengali Literature, Narrative Theory, History of Folklore Theory and Method, Contemporary legends, Locality, Myth, Folk Studies, Legends, Folkore, Bengali, Bengal, West Bengal, Folklore, Anthropology, Aesthetics, Theories of Play, Games, and Humor, Popular Culture, History of Media and Technology, Narrative Theory, Informal Networks, Cultural Heritage Cultural Memory Cultural Studies Folk legends Folklore Folktales History of Folklore Theory and Method Identity (Culture) Languages Mythology, Topophilia, Memorates, and Personal Experience Narratives
Research Interests: Folklore, Performance Studies, Indian studies, South Asian Studies, Orality-Literacy Studies, and 15 moreOral Traditions, Oral Tradition, Orality, Canon Formation, Indian folk art and folklore, Indian Oral Traditions, Bengali Language & Literature, Indian Folklore, Folkloristics, Orality Orature Folklore Verbal Art, Orality/Literacy, Bengali folklore, Bengali Language and Literature, Folklores of bengal,Indian thatre,fantasy literature and mythology, and Orality and Writing
Research Interests: South Asian Studies, Ritual, Liminality, Ritual Studies, Victor Turner, and 10 moreBengali studies, Caste, West Bengal, Ritual and politics, Communitas, History of photography, south asian art history, anthropology: folk art & craft traditions, Birbhum, Anthropological Theory, Dharmaraj, and Dharma Thakur
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Research Interests: Folklore, Social Anthropology, Ethnography, South Asian Studies, Fieldwork in Anthropology, and 15 moreSri Lanka, Sufism, Ethnography (Research Methodology), Spirituality & Mysticism, Contemporary Sufism, Beliefs, Magic and the Occult (Anthropology Of Religion), Cultural Anthropology, Folk Religion, Religious Studies, Superstitions and Superstitious Belief, Paranormal Beliefs, Folkoristics, Islam and Sufism in South Asia, and Anthropology of Religion
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Inaugural Address for the International Workshops in Folkloristics, April 17, 1988.
Research Interests: Comparative Literature, Performance Studies, Indian studies, South Asian Studies, Performance Art, and 9 morePerformance, History of Folklore Theory and Method, Folklore (Anthropology), Disciplinary History of Folkloristics, Indian folk art and folklore, Indology, Folkloristics, Folklore Studies, and History of Indology
Research Interests: Folklore, Linguistic Anthropology, Indian studies, Social and Cultural Anthropology, South Asian Studies, and 15 moreRitual, Nationalism, German Romanticism, South Asian Politics, History of Folklore Theory and Method, Cultural Anthropology, Ethnicity, Ethnicity & Ethnic Conflicts, India, Serbian Politics, Serbia, German romanticism and idealism, Romantic nationalism, Religious Nationalism, and Ethnicity and National Identity
Research Interests: Comparative Religion, Mythology And Folklore, Folklore, Comparative Politics, South Asian Studies, and 9 moreNationalism, South Asian History, Folk legends, Folklore (Literature), History of Folklore Theory and Method, Comparative mythology, India, Comparative studies, and Cultural Heritage Cultural Memory Cultural Studies Folk legends Folklore Folktales History of Folklore Theory and Method Identity (Culture) Languages Mythology
Research Interests: Native American Religions, Mythology And Folklore, Native American Studies, Folklore, Mythology, and 20 moreLiteracy, Linguistic Anthropology, Orality-Literacy Studies, Native American Literature (Literature), Ethnography of Communication, American Indian Literature, Orality, Native American Anthropology, American Indian Studies, Cherokee Studies, Native American history, Cherokee History, Scripts, Folkloristics, Orality Orature Folklore Verbal Art, Anthropology and Linguistics, North American Indian Languages, Orality and Writing, Cherokee Language, and ALAN DUNDES
Research Interests: Mythology And Folklore, Gender Studies, Folklore, Literacy, Performance Studies, and 37 moreMaterial Culture Studies, Material culture of religion, Social and Cultural Anthropology, South Asian Studies, Sanskrit language and literature, Performance Art, South Asian History, Oral Traditions, Performance, Folk legends, Critical Literacy Studies, Folk Music, Folklore (Literature), South Asian Literature, South Asian Art, South Asian Religions, Oral Tradition, History of Folklore Theory and Method, Cultural Anthropology, Folk Religion, Popular/Folk Magic, Ritual and Performance (Egyptology), Consumption and Material Culture, Material Culture, Folklore (Anthropology), Orientalism (Art History), Orientalism, Orientalism and Religion, Folk and Fairy Tales, Classical Indology, Indology, Folkloristics, History of folklore and legend, Indology, sanskrit Studies, Indian History, modern Indology, Religious Studies /Indology, and History of Indology
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Research Interests: South Asian Studies, South Asia, Nationalism, Colonialism, Oral Traditions, and 11 moreRabindranath Tagore's method, Nationalism And State Building, Invention, History of Nationalism and Nation-Building, Rabindranath Tagore, Bengali Language & Literature, Folkore, Bengal, Anti-Colonialism, Bengali Language and Literature, and Nationalism and Decolonization
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Research Interests: Media Studies, Globalization, Internet Studies, Transnationalism, Tibetan Studies, and 15 moreDiasporas, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Tibet, Diaspora Studies, Internet & Society, Anthropology of Tibet and the Himalayas, Tibetan Buddhism, Tibetan diaspora, Diaspora and transnationalism, Tibetan and Himalayan societies, Cyberspace, Soft Power and International Relations, Cultural Globalization, Politics of representation, and Soft Power and Public Diplomacy
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This is a pictorial essay on Muharram in Trinidad.
Research Interests: Folklore, Performance Studies, Material Culture Studies, South Asian Studies, Ritual, and 14 moreSouth Asia, Caribbean Studies, Islamic Studies, Diaspora Studies, East Indian/South Asian diaspora in the Caribbean, India, Ritual Studies, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, Indentured Labour, Ritual Practices, Shiism, Shiite Studies, and Indian Diaspora Studies
Research Interests: Latin American and Caribbean History, Performance Studies, South Asian Studies, Authenticity, Caribbean Studies, and 15 moreShi'ism, Secularization, Indian Diaspora (Migration and Ethnicity), Religious Syncretism, Diaspora Studies, Creolization, Ritual (Anthropology), Islam in South Asia, Ritual Theory, Ethnicity, South Asian Diasporas, Trinidad and Tobago, Ritual Practices, Ethnicity and Identity Politics, and Muharram
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Research Interests: Hinduism, Globalization, Transnationalism, Indian studies, South Asian Studies, and 12 moreIndian Diaspora (Migration and Ethnicity), Migration Studies, Diaspora Studies, Modern Indian History, Transnational migration, Transnationalism and multiple identities, Ethnicity, Diaspora and transnationalism, Ethnicity and National Identity, Globalization and Transnationalism, Anthropology of Religion, and Indian Diaspora Studies
A finding aid of music archived at the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress
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Research Interests: Hinduism, Globalization, Transnationalism, South Asian Studies, South Asian History, and 15 moreInternational Migration, South Asian Diaspora Literature, Diaspora Studies, South Asian Literature, South Asian Religions, South Asian Diaspora, Diaspora and transnationalism, South Asian Diasporas, Hinduism in America, Cultural Globalization, Hindu Studies, Indentured Labour, Indian and South Asian Historiography, Globalization and Transnationalism, and Indian Diaspora Studies
Research Interests: Hinduism, Mythology And Folklore, Folklore, Medieval Studies, South Asian Studies, and 15 moreReligious Syncretism, Bengali Literature, History of Religion (Medieval Studies), Bangladesh, Folk Religion, Syncretism, Bengali (বাংলা), Bangladesh Studies, Indology, Bengali Language & Literature, Bengali, West Bengal, India Bangladesh relations, History of Indian Islam, and Religious Studies /Indology
This article explores the shifting role of slaughter and meat consumption in Bhutan as a result of the recent religionization of Bhutanese politics and as a case of religious nationalism. It argues that there is a tension between... more
This article explores the shifting role of slaughter and meat consumption in Bhutan as a result of the recent religionization of Bhutanese politics and as a case of religious nationalism. It argues that there is a tension between customary meat consumption and traditional blood sacrifice and the Buddhist nonviolent ritual practice of tsethar that is propagated as a central part of modern Bhutanese nationalism and good citizenship. This tension has created a situation where animal welfare and vegetarianism are dominant in the public discourse while slaughter and meat consumption still continue-but as concealed and obscure practices. The article presents data from ethnographic fieldwork and other sources to demonstrate how this process has played out in practice.
Research Interests: Human-Animal Relations, Buddhist Studies, Animal Studies, Himalayan culture, Nationalism, and 15 moreNationalism And State Building, Religion and Violence/Nonviolence, Vegetarianism, Human-Animal Relationships, Buddhist Ethics, Human-Animal Studies, Bhutan (Anthropology), Animal Rights, Animal-Human Interaction, Food Studies, Beef Consumption, Bhutan, Beef production, Vegetarianism as a Social Movement About Animals, and Philosophy and Sociology of Human/animal Relations
The purpose of this article is to demonstrate that public displays are performance events that carry a variety of meanings for the participants involved in such events. Given the multivocal nature of large-scale spectacles, such as street... more
The purpose of this article is to demonstrate that public displays are performance events that carry a variety of meanings for the participants involved in such events. Given the multivocal nature of large-scale spectacles, such as street parades and national holidays, there is bound to be disagreement and therefore contestation over the correct interpretation of the events performed. When it comes to the political function of public display events, it becomes clear that they can be manipulated symbolically and semiotically to convey certain meanings intended by the orchestrators of the events being performed. In Bangladesh, a relatively new nation in the world order, the growing pains of defining what constitutes the essence of its citizenship becomes a priority. The public sphere thus becomes a nationalist arena for performing ethnolinguistic identity. Yet, due to the diversity of the population and its myriad of beliefs, the attempt to homogenize can and does lead to contestation, since not all agree on what constitutes the nation, its belief system, and its culture. Festivals thus become dialogical vehicles for enacting the disputed nature of the Bangladeshi national self.
Research Interests: Performance Studies, South Asian Studies, Nationalism, Language Policy and Politics of Identity, South Asian Politics, and 15 moreNationalism And State Building, Bengali Literature, Bangladesh, South Asian Religions, History of Nationalism, Bangladesh Studies, Nationalism & Conflict, Linguistic Nationalism, Ethnonationalism, Bengali Language & Literature, Bengali, Language and Politics, Linguistic Imperialism in Postcolonial Era and Language Planning and Policy, Bengali Language and Literature, and Nationalism and Decolonization
This article intends to raise questions related to nationalism in South Asia, while also addressing the rationale for this special issue. Is nationalism a monolithic construct based on a European precedent or is it something much larger... more
This article intends to raise questions related to nationalism in South Asia, while also addressing the rationale for this special issue. Is nationalism a monolithic construct based on a European precedent or is it something much larger that is developed pluralistically in a variety of contexts around the world? If the latter is true, which is our position, then how do we go about studying the various versions of global nationalism? We argue that good comparison is based on both similarity and difference. To make a case for multiple versions of nationalism, the articles included herein focus on the Indian Subcontinent. Each article looks at a particular country belonging to the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), the intergovernmental group representing the geopolitical union of states in South Asia, which was founded in Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1985. The overall purpose of this collection of articles is to highlight the varieties of nationalism found in the region, with the goal of interrogating the idea of a singular form of nationalism inherited by postcolonial societies from their European colonizers.
Research Interests: Performance Studies, Popular Culture, Religion and Politics, South Asian Studies, Ideology, and 14 moreNationalism, Pakistan, Popular Culture and Religious Studies, Sri Lanka, National Identity, Nationalism And State Building, Indian nationalism, Nepal, Bangladesh Studies, India, Language politics, Parades and Processions, Bhutan, and Nationalism and Decolonization
Research Interests: Hinduism, Anthropology, Indian studies, Social and Cultural Anthropology, South Asian Studies, and 15 moreSouth Asia, South Asian History, Feminism, South Asian Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology, Women In Hinduism, India, Religious Studies, Indian History, Indology, Indian Philosophy and Religion, Hindu goddesses, Anthropology of Religion, Modern Hinduism, and Religious Studies /Indology
Research Interests: Hinduism, Mythology And Folklore, Folklore, Medieval Studies, South Asian Studies, and 15 moreVernacular Religion, South Asia, South Asian History, Religious Syncretism, Bengali Literature, Bangladesh, South Asian Religions, South Asia (History), Folk Religion, Religious Studies, Hindu Mythology, Indology, Bengali Language & Literature, Creation myth, and Religious Studies /Indology
Research Interests: Anthropology, Theatre Studies, Performance Studies, Sociolinguistics, Ritual, and 9 morePerformance, Ethnography of Communication, History of Folklore Theory and Method, Ritual Theory, Interaction Ritual Theory, Contemporary anthropological methods and theory, Interactional Linguistics, Anthropological Theory, and Interactional Ethnogrpahy
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Research Interests: Museum Studies, Museums and Exhibition Design, Museums and Identity, Museology, New Museology, and 9 morePolitics of Museum Representation, Museum and Heritage Studies, Politics of representation, Museums and Heritage, Museology and Identity, Museology, Museography, Temporary Exhibitions, Museography and Museology, Museums and Representation, and New Museology, Conceptuaal Museological Design
Research Interests: Museum Studies, History of Museums, Museums and Exhibition Design, Museums and Identity, Museum Interpretation, and 9 moreMuseology, Museums, New Museology, Politics of Museum Representation, Museum and Heritage Studies, Museology (Study of Collections), Museology, Museography, Temporary Exhibitions, Museum and Politic of Representation, and Museum and identity
On the the role of the concept of "reenchantment" in producing and maintaining a mystical worldview within a contmporary transnational Sufi community.
Research Interests: Hagiography, Transnationalism, South Asian Studies, Cult of Saints, Saints' Cults, and 14 moreOral Traditions, Folk legends, Sri Lanka, Islamic Studies, Sufism, Religion and Globalization, Contemporary Sufism, South Asian Religions, Charisma, Miracles, Charismatic leaders, Indian Oral Traditions, Disenchantment, and Globalization and Transnationalism
Research Interests: Spirituality, Magic, Shamanism, Mysticism, Religious Conversion, and 15 moreSri Lanka, Islamic Studies, Sufism, Spirituality & Mysticism, Islam, Indian Sufism, Contemporary Sufism, Anthropology of Shamanism, Shamanic Possession, Trance, and Altered Staes of Consciousness, Shamanism, Pagan studies, Animism, Shamanism and Shamanic Healing, Islam and Sufism in South Asia, Shamanic Practices, Subtle Energy Healing, Anthropology of Religion, and Islam In Sri Lanka
This paper explores the origins of the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship by examining the personal correspondence between Bawa and his patroness in Philadelphia during the years 1969-1971, the years immediately before his departure from Sri... more
This paper explores the origins of the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship by examining the personal correspondence between Bawa and his patroness in Philadelphia during the years 1969-1971, the years immediately before his departure from Sri Lanka to the United States.
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Research Interests: Folklore, Narrative, South Asian Studies, Orality-Literacy Studies, Painting, and 15 moreSocial Justice, Oral history, Oral Traditions, Bengali Literature, Social Justice and Multiculturalism in Counseling, South Asian Literature, Social Justice Issues, Equity and Social Justice in Higher Education, Bangladesh, Social Justice Education, Ballads, Social and Political Theories of Justice & Human Rights, Feminism and Social Justice, Bengali Language & Literature, and West Bengal
Research Interests: Folklore, Art History, Visual Anthropology, Ethnomusicology, Performance Studies, and 15 moreNarrative, Indian studies, Social and Cultural Anthropology, South Asian Studies, Performance Art, Oral Traditions, Performance, Bengali Literature, South Asian Literature, Cultural Anthropology, Bengali Language & Literature, Bengali, West Bengal, Folk songs, and Visual Anthropology and Sociology
The Patuas of West Bengal are a semi-itinerant caste of narrative scroll painters that have plied their trade for centuries. Over time, their repertoire has expanded to encompass a variety of new phenomena, including performances... more
The Patuas of West Bengal are a semi-itinerant caste of narrative scroll painters that have plied their trade for centuries. Over time, their repertoire has expanded to encompass a variety of new phenomena, including performances concerning natural disasters. This paper focuses specifically on one song about an infamous flood in Medinipur district that devastated the area in the 1970s, with the purpose of revealing how the Patuas themselves understand this tragic event as well as others like it. The conclusion suggests that they believe divine retribution is behind natural calamity.
Research Interests: Art History, Visual Anthropology, Visual Culture, Indian studies, Environmental Studies, and 15 moreSocial and Cultural Anthropology, South Asian Studies, South Asia, Oral history, Oral Traditions, Bengali Literature, Visual Arts, Animism, Narrative Art, India, Indian folk art and folklore, Anthropocene, West Bengal, Folkloristics, and Catastrophe Theory
Research Interests: Mythology And Folklore, Visual Sociology, Anthropology, Folklore, Visual Studies, and 22 moreArt History, Visual Anthropology, Narrative, Humor, Visual Culture, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Visual Narrative, Visual Semiotics, Visual perception, Oral Traditions, Visual Communication, History of Art, Bengali Literature, Narrative Analysis, Narrative Theory, Visual Arts, Humor Studies, Bengali Text to speech, Bengali Language & Literature, Mythology and communication, Bengali Theatre, and Feminism and Humor Studies
Research Interests: Folklore, Media and Cultural Studies, Globalization, Museum Studies, Material Culture Studies, and 27 moreComics Studies, Painting, Comics, Museums and Exhibition Design, Anthropology Of Consumption, Consumption and Material Culture, Comics and Graphic Novels, Commodification of traditional knowledge, Folk arts, Folklore (Anthropology), Museums, Film and Media Studies, Visual Narratives, Interactive Visual Narratives, Material Culture and Consumerism, Visual Antropology, Indian folk art and folklore, Cultural Globalization, Commodification of Culture, Museum and Heritage Studies, Commodification, Folk Art, Visual Narratives, Scroll Painting Traditions, Visual Anthropology, Material Culture & Materiality, Communication and media Studies, Consumption Culture, and Narrative Painting
Research Interests: Mythology And Folklore, Social Change, Folklore, Art History, Material Culture Studies, and 8 moreMaterial culture of religion, Bengali Literature, Consumption and Material Culture, Bengali Language & Literature, Visual Narratives, Scroll Painting Traditions, Visual Anthropology, Bengali Language and Literature, Folk Narrative, and Patachitra and Patuas of Bengal
This paper looks at the oral narratives sung by Bengali Patuas, a caste of formerly itinerant scroll painter bards in South Asia, that were composed in response to natural disasters such as floods and earthquakes to reflect upon their... more
This paper looks at the oral narratives sung by Bengali Patuas, a caste of formerly itinerant scroll painter bards in South Asia, that were composed in response to natural disasters such as floods and earthquakes to reflect upon their degree of political involvement and social activism on the local and trans-local level.
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Research Interests: History, Performance Studies, South Asian Studies, Nationalism, Language Policy and Politics of Identity, and 15 moreSouth Asian Politics, Nationalism And State Building, Bengali Literature, Bangladesh, South Asian Religions, History of Nationalism, Bangladesh Studies, Nationalism & Conflict, Linguistic Nationalism, Ethnonationalism, Bengali, Language and Politics, Linguistic Imperialism in Postcolonial Era and Language Planning and Policy, Bengali Language and Literature, and Nationalism and Decolonization
Building on Michel Foucault’s notion of gouvernementalité, which he developed during the later years of his life, from approximately 1977 until his death in 1984, I wish to explore some strategies that a certain group of people in India... more
Building on Michel Foucault’s notion of gouvernementalité, which he developed during the later years of his life, from approximately 1977 until his death in 1984, I wish to explore some strategies that a certain group of people in India use to cope with being governed as well as those used to subvert the mentality of governance.1 Governmentality, the English equivalent of Foucault’s French term, is here defined as the strategies utilized to render a given society governable.2 This essay will explore how the vernacular bardic tradition of narrative picture painting has been co-opted and used by the state to convey ideological positions when local disasters occurred in the state of West Bengal, India. The theme of counter-hegemonic discourse will also be addressed by demonstrating how the bards in question provide their own running commentaries on tragic events that quite often go against the officially sanctioned positions of local governmental agencies. Non-governmental organization...
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This article explores the shifting role of slaughter and meat consumption in Bhutan as a result of the recent religionization of Bhutanese politics and as a case of religious nationalism. It argues that there is a tension between... more
This article explores the shifting role of slaughter and meat consumption in Bhutan as a result of the recent religionization of Bhutanese politics and as a case of religious nationalism. It argues that there is a tension between customary meat consumption and traditional blood sacrifice and the Buddhist nonviolent ritual practice of tsethar that is propagated as a central part of modern Bhutanese nationalism and good citizenship. This tension has created a situation where animal welfare and vegetarianism are dominant in the public discourse while slaughter and meat consumption still continue—but as concealed and obscure practices. The article presents data from ethnographic fieldwork and other sources to demonstrate how this process has played out in practice.
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Associate Professor of Religion and Anthropology, Boston University, September 2004-August 2009 Assistant Professor of Religion and Anthropology, Boston University, September 1998-August 2004 Curator of Asian and Middle Eastern... more
Associate Professor of Religion and Anthropology, Boston University, September 2004-August 2009 Assistant Professor of Religion and Anthropology, Boston University, September 1998-August 2004 Curator of Asian and Middle Eastern Collections, Museum of International Folk Art, September 1993August 1998 Adjunct Lecturer in Religion and Anthropology, Santa Fe Community College, January 1994-August 1998 Postdoctoral Fellow, Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Heritage, September 1992-August 1993 Cultural Consultant, Ford Foundation, New Delhi and Dhaka Offices, Intermittently May 1989-July 1990