Professor

office: 306 Tate
phone: 573-882-0664
email: prahlad@missouri.edu
web: web.missouri.edu/~prahlada/
office hours: TR 10:00-12:00

Research and teaching areas:
contemporary poetry, folkloristics,
and culture studies of the African
Diaspora

Sw. Anand Prahlad

Sw. Anand Prahlad teaches creative writing, folklore, Africana literature, and film studies. He specializes in contemporary poetry, folkloristics, and culture studies of the African Diaspora. His research and creative interests include poetry of the body, the convergence of popular and classical forms, the proverb and speech performances, and theories of race and gender. He is the author of Hear My Story and Other Poems and has published widely in American poetry journals. In addition to his poems, he has published two critical books, African American Proverbs in Context (University Press of Mississippi, 1996) and Reggae Wisdom: Proverbs in Jamaican Music (University Press of Mississippi, 2001), and numerous articles on topics in folkloristics, literature and culure studies.

Education
PhD 1991, University of California, Los Angeles

Selected Publications

• Sw. Anand Prahlad. The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Folklore (Three Volumes) (Greenwood Press, 2005) www.amazon.com
• Anand Prahlad. "Africana Folklore: History and Challenges." Journal of American Folklore 118.469 (2005): 253-270
• Anand Prahlad. "Getting Happy: An Ethnographic Memoir." Journal of American Folklore 118:467 (2005): 21-44
• Anand Prahlad. "The Proverb and Fetishism in American Advertisements." What Goes Around Comes Around: The Circulation of Proverbs in Contemporary Life Ed. Kimberly J. Lau, Peter Tokofsky, and Stephen D. Winick. Logan, Utah: Utah State University Press, 2004. 127-151
• Anand Prahlad. "'You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth': Proverbial Expressions, Feminist Perspectives, and the Fetish in the Work of Janet Davidson-Hues." Journal of American Folklore 117:463 (2004): 22-54
• Sw. Anand Prahlad. Reggae Widsom: Proverbs in Jamaican Music (University Press of Mississippi, 2001)

Courses Taught

• English 2000: Studies in English
• English 2000: Topics in English Studies
• English 2000: Topics in English Studies
• English 2009: The City in Black Film
• English 4530/7530: Advance Poetry: The Poetics of Breath
• English 4700/7700: Folk Culture in Film
• English 4700/7700: Special Themes in Folklore
• English 4700/7700: Special Themes in Folklore
• English 4700: Special Theme in Folklore
• English 7700: Special Theme in Folklore
• English 8700: Seminar in Folklore
• English 8700: The Politics of Folk Humor

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