Pattern in the Material Folk Culture of the Eastern United States - Couverture souple

Glassie, Henry

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0812210131 ISBN 13 : 9780812210132

Editeur : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1971

Synopsis

What is folk culture? What distinguishes true folk creations from the cultural hybrids of commerce and popular innovation? To clarify this muddled situation and to provide clear standards and visual examples for the study and appreciation of a broad range of objects, Henry Glassie has written this detailed examination of material folk culture in the United States. He isolates American material culture--that segment of our culture that embodies the people's plans, methods, and reasons for producing things that can be seen and touched--and discusses methods for determining whether an object is truly folk--as opposed, say, to merely popular--by examining its form, construction, and use.

The book represents the first attempt to compare different kinds of material folk culture, including architecture, tools, and cookery, to detect common patterns and, in doing so, challenges conventional views of both folk culture and American culture.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Henry Glassie is College Professor of Folklore at Indiana University. He is the author of Art and Life in Bangladesh, The Spirit of Folk Art, All Silver and No Brass: An Irish Christmas Mumming, and Irish Folk History: Tales from the North, which is also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Date d'édition: 1971
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0812210131
• ISBN 13: 9780812210132
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 344
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• Personne responsable: non disponible