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Asian & Pacific Islander Hauntings

Resource for Asian & Pacfic Islander ghost stories, urban legends, and lore.
Caradec, Yann. (2018). Enfer et Fantômes d'Asie au Musée du quai Branly à Paris [Photograph]. Wikipedia. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Enfer_et_fant%C3%B4mes_d%E2%80%99Asie_au_Mus%C3%A9e_du_quai_Branly_%C3%A0_Paris_(27914618878).jpg
 

This LibGuide supplements Professor Austin's ENG 450 and Professor Bakke's LIT 360 classes

  • Promotes scholarly works on folklore, ghost stories, urban legends, cultural beliefs pertaining to death, and related topics
  • Focuses on Asian and Pacific Islander materials

Full distance learning support is the main priority

  • All referenced books are available as E-books through the Bowman Library with a valid Menlo College account
  • Check out Online Resources for additional relevant online scholarly material provided by University of Hawai'i - West Oah'u and University of Illinois

Bowman Library Catalog Subject Headings

Relevant LibGuides Beyond Bowman Library

 

   Illinois University Library

 

   University of Hawai'i-West O'ahu Library

  • Hawaiian and Pacific Mythology and Legends

    • Open access research resources, recommendations for reference books and databases, curated online resources, electronic text collections, digital encyclopedias, and more pertaining to Hawaiian and Pacific mythology and legends

Bowman Library Catalog

Databases

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Class Materials

Edo kabuki in transition : from the worlds of the samurai to the vengeful female ghost
Talking Hawaiʻi's story : oral histories of an island people
Cover art for book Voices of Fire: Reweaving the Literary Lei of Pele and Hi’iaka
The Path of the Ocean
Performing Grief: Bridal Laments in Rural China
Pacific passages : an anthology of surf writing
The Legends and Myths of Hawaii
The Book of Yokai: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore
Hawaiʻi place names : shores, beaches, and surf sites

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