{"product_id":"wait-five-minutes-shelley-ingram-9781496844354","title":"Wait Five Minutes: Weatherlore in the Twenty-First Century","description":"Contributions by Emma Frances Bloomfield, Sheila Bock, Kristen Bradley, Hannah Chapple, James Deutsch, M疂rt Hanley, Christine Hoffmann, Kate Parker Horigan, Shelley Ingram, John Laudun, Jordan Lovejoy, Lena Marander-Eklund, Jennifer Morrison, Willow G. Mullins, Anne Pryor, Todd Richardson, and Claire Schmidt \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The weather governs our lives. It fills gaps in conversations, determines our dress, and influences our architecture. No matter how much our lives may have moved indoors, no matter how much we may rely on technology, we still monitor the weather. \u003ci\u003eWait Five Minutes: Weatherlore in the Twenty-First Century \u003c\/i\u003edraws from folkloric, literary, and scientific theory to offer up new ways of thinking about this most ancient of phenomena. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWeatherlore is a concept that describes the folk beliefs and traditions about the weather that are passed down casually among groups of people. Weatherlore can be predictive, such as the belief that more black than brown fuzz on a woolly bear caterpillar signals a harsh winter. It can be the familiar commentary that eases daily social interactions, such as asking, \"Is it hot (or cold) enough for you?\" Other times, it is simply ubiquitous: \"If you don't like the weather, wait five minutes and it will change.\" From detailing personal experiences at picnics and suburban lawns to critically analyzing storm stories, novels, and flood legends, contributors offer engaging multidisciplinary perspectives on weatherlore. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As we move further into the twenty-first century, an increasing awareness of climate change and its impacts on daily life calls for a folkloristic reckoning with the weather and a rising need to examine vernacular understandings of weather and climate. Weatherlore helps us understand and shape global political conversations about climate change and biopolitics at the same time that it influences individual, group, and regional lives and identities. We use weather, and thus its folklore, to make meaning of ourselves, our groups, and, quite literally, our world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shelley Ingram\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496844351\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496844354\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/18\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.88d","brand":"Shelley Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44076496781567,"sku":"9781496844354","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b85be1cc-c297-4160-aef5-81a2262a3469.jpg?v=1685465318","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wait-five-minutes-shelley-ingram-9781496844354","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}