Jack Santino

Jack Santino
Born Jack Santino
August 1, 1947 (age 68)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Education Boston College, University of Pennsylvania
Occupation Professor
Children Hannah Santino
Ian Santino
Will Santino

Jack (John Francis) Santino, Ph.D. is an academic folklorist.

His work

He is a Professor of Popular Culture at Bowling Green State University and is Director of the Bowling Green Center for Culture Studies.[1] His work has primarily focused on ritual, celebrations, and holidays as well as occupational culture and popular music. He has been a featured expert on a television special produced by The History Channel, about Hallowe'en.

Along with Paul Wagoner, Santino produced Miles of Smiles, Years of Struggle a film, winner of four regional Emmy Awards on African American Pulman car unionisation.[2]

From 1996 to 2000 Santino was the editor of the Journal of American Folklore.[3] During 2002-3 Santino was the President of the American Folklore Society.[3]

Early life

He was born in Boston, Massachusetts on August 1, 1947. He received a bachelor's degree in English at Boston College. He then studied Folklore at the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned his Ph.D. in 1978. His thesis was entitled "The outlaw emotions : workers' narratives from three contemporary occupations".[4] He has nine published books listed in WorldCat.[5] He has three children: Ian, Will and Hannah.

Books

See also

References

  1. "Jack Santino - Popular Culture - BGSU". Bgsu.edu. 2013-01-07. Retrieved 2014-03-30.
  2. "Miles of Smiles - About Film". Paul Wagner Films. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  3. 1 2 "About the American Folklore Society: AFS Leadership". The American Folklore Society. Archived from the original on 7 October 2010.
  4. Santino, Jack (1978). "The outlaw emotions : workers' narratives from three contemporary occupations". University of Pennsylvania.
  5. Santino, Jack. "Results for 'Jack Santino' > 'Jack Santino' > 'Book'". Worldcat.org. Retrieved 2014-03-30.
  6. Reviewed in Oral History Review 1990 18(2):157-160
  7. Reviewed by Daniel Wojcik, Western Folklore, Vol. 58, No. 1 (Winter, 1999), pp. 93–96, Western States Folklore Society
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