Eight Words for the Study of Expressive Culture - Couverture souple

 
9780252071096: Eight Words for the Study of Expressive Culture
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ISBN 10 : 0252071093 ISBN 13 : 9780252071096
Editeur : University of Illinois Press, 2003

Synopsis

Group. Art. Text. Genre. Performance. Context. Tradition. Identity.
No matter where we are--in academic institutions, in cultural agencies, at home, or in a casual conversation--these are words we use when we talk about creative expression in its cultural contexts. Eight Words for the Study of Expressive Culture is a thoughtful, interdisciplinary examination of the keywords that are integral to the formulation of ideas about the diversity of human creativity, presented as a set of essays by leading folklorists.
Many of us use these eight words every day. We think with them. We teach with them. Much of contemporary scholarship rests on their meanings and implications. They form a significant part of a set of conversations extending through centuries of thought about creativity, meaning, beauty, local knowledge, values, and community. Their natural habitats range across scholarly disciplines from anthropology and folklore to literary and cultural studies and provide the framework for other fields of practice and performance as well.
Eight Words for the Study of Expressive Culture is a much-needed study of keywords that are frequently used but not easily explained. Anchored by Burt Feintuch's cogent introduction, the book features essays by Dorothy Noyes, Gerald L. Pocius, Jeff Todd Titon, Trudier Harris, Deborah A. Kapchan, Mary Hufford, Henry Glassie, and Roger D. Abrahams.

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À propos de l?auteur

Burt Feintuch directs the Center for the Humanities at the
University of New Hampshire, where he is a professor of folklore
and English. From 1990 to 1995, he edited the Journal of American
Folklore.

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Éditeur
University of Illinois Press
Date d'édition
2003
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0252071093
ISBN 13 
9780252071096
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
248
Éditeur
Feintuch Burt
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  0252028066 ISBN 13 :  9780252028069
Editeur : University of Illinois Press, 2003
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