American Folklife

Author : Don Yoder
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780292729070

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American Folklife by Don Yoder Pdf

Knowledge of folk custom and folk belief can help to explain ways of thought and behavior in modern America. American Folklife, a unique collection of essays dedicated to the presentation of American tradition, broadens our understanding of the regional differences and ethnic folkways that color American life. Folklife research examines the entire context of everyday life in past and present. It includes every aspect of traditional life, from regional architecture through the full range of material culture into spiritual culture, folk religion, witchcraft, and other forms of folk belief. This collection is especially useful in its application to American society, where countless influences from European, American Indian, and African cultural backgrounds merge. American Folklife relates folklife research to history, anthropology, cultural geography, architectural history, ethnographic film, folk technology, folk belief, and ethnic tensions in American society. It documents the folk-cultural background that is the root of our society.

Author : Simon J Bronner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 731 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317471950

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Encyclopedia of American Folklife by Simon J Bronner Pdf

American folklife is steeped in world cultures, or invented as new culture, always evolving, yet often practiced as it was created many years or even centuries ago. This fascinating encyclopedia explores the rich and varied cultural traditions of folklife in America - from barn raisings to the Internet, tattoos, and Zydeco - through expressions that include ritual, custom, crafts, architecture, food, clothing, and art. Featuring more than 350 A-Z entries, "Encyclopedia of American Folklife" is wide-ranging and inclusive. Entries cover major cities and urban centers; new and established immigrant groups as well as native Americans; American territories, such as Guam and Samoa; major issues, such as education and intellectual property; and expressions of material culture, such as homes, dress, food, and crafts. This encyclopedia covers notable folklife areas as well as general regional categories. It addresses religious groups (reflecting diversity within groups such as the Amish and the Jews), age groups (both old age and youth gangs), and contemporary folk groups (skateboarders and psychobillies) - placing all of them in the vivid tapestry of folklife in America. In addition, this resource offers useful insights on folklife concepts through entries such as "community and group" and "tradition and culture." The set also features complete indexes in each volume, as well as a bibliography for further research.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Rules and Administration. Subcommittee on the Library
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UIUC:30112106909747

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American Folklife Center by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Rules and Administration. Subcommittee on the Library Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on Education
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Folklore
ISBN : LOC:00185772093

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American Folklife Foundation Act by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on Education Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105006293604

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Publications of the American Folklife Center by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on House Administration. Subcommittee on Library and Memorials
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015082029342

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To Establish an American Folklife Foundation in the Library of Congress by United States. Congress. House. Committee on House Administration. Subcommittee on Library and Memorials Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on House Administration,United States. Congress. House. Committee on House Administration. Subcommittee on Library and Memorials
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Electronic
ISBN : LOC:00020390451

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To Establish an American Folklife Foundation in the Library of Congress by United States. Congress. House. Committee on House Administration,United States. Congress. House. Committee on House Administration. Subcommittee on Library and Memorials Pdf

Author : Simon J. Bronner
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 1033 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780190840617

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The Oxford Handbook of American Folklore and Folklife Studies by Simon J. Bronner Pdf

"This handbook surveys the materials, approaches, contexts, and applications of American folklore and folklife studies to guide students and scholars of American folklore, culture, history, and society in the future. In addition to longstanding areas in the 350-year legacy of the subject's study and applications such as folktales and speech, the handbook includes exciting fields that have emerged in the twenty-first century such as the Internet, bodylore, folklore of organizations and networks, sexual orientation, neurodiverse identities, and disability groups. These studies encompass cultural traditions in the United States ranging from bits of slang in private conversations to massive public demonstrations, ancient beliefs to contemporary viral memes, and a simple handshake greeting to festivals encompassing multiple genres and groups. Folklore and folklife studies include material traditions such as buildings and crafts as well as oral and social genres of dance, ritual, drama, and play. Whereas the use of lore often emphasizes speech, song, and story that all people express, the rhetoric of life draws attention to tradition-centered communities such as the Amish and Hasidim, occupational groups and their workaday worlds, and children and other age groups. Significant to the American context has been the cultural diversity and changing national boundaries of the United States, relative youth of the nation and its legacy of mass immigration, mobility of residents and their relation to an indigenous and racialized population, and a varied landscape and settlement pattern. The handbook is a reference, therefore, to American studies as well as the global study of tradition, folk arts, and cultural practice"--

Author : Jonathan H. X. Lee,Kathleen Nadeau
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1498 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2010-12-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780313350672

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Encyclopedia of Asian American Folklore and Folklife [3 volumes] by Jonathan H. X. Lee,Kathleen Nadeau Pdf

This comprehensive compilation of entries documents the origins, transmissions, and transformations of Asian American folklore and folklife. Equally instructive and intriguing, the Encyclopedia of Asian American Folklore and Folklife provides an illuminating overview of Asian American folklore as a way of life. Surveying the histories, peoples, and cultures of numerous Asian American ethnic and cultural groups, the work covers everything from ancient Asian folklore, folktales, and folk practices that have been transmitted and transformed in America to new expressions of Asian American folklore and folktales unique to the Asian American historical and contemporary experiences. The encyclopedia's three comprehensive volumes cover an extraordinarily wide range of Asian American cultural and ethnic groups, as well as mixed-race and mixed-heritage Asian Americans. Each group section is introduced by a historical overview essay followed by short entries on topics such as ghosts and spirits, clothes and jewelry, arts and crafts, home decorations, family and community, religious practices, rituals, holidays, music, foodways, literature, traditional healing and medicine, and much, much more. Topics and theories are examined from crosscultural and interdisciplinary perspectives to add to the value of the work.

Author : Jan Harold Brunvand
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1687 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2006-05-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781135578770

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American Folklore by Jan Harold Brunvand Pdf

Contains over 500 articles Ranging over foodways and folksongs, quiltmaking and computer lore, Pecos Bill, Butch Cassidy, and Elvis sightings, more than 500 articles spotlight folk literature, music, and crafts; sports and holidays; tall tales and legendary figures; genres and forms; scholarly approaches and theories; regions and ethnic groups; performers and collectors; writers and scholars; religious beliefs and practices. The alphabetically arranged entries vary from concise definitions to detailed surveys, each accompanied by a brief, up-to-date bibliography. Special features *More than 2000 contributors *Over 500 articles spotlight folk literature, music, crafts, and more *Alphabetically arranged *Entries accompanied by up-to-date bibliographies *Edited by America's best-known folklore authority

Author : Don Yoder
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Social Science
ISBN : IND:30000004339655

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Discovering American Folklife by Don Yoder Pdf

Author : American Folklife Center
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Folklore
ISBN : UCSD:31822031169998

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Folklife Center News by American Folklife Center Pdf

Author : American Folklife Center
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Folklore
ISBN : PURD:32754078071069

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Library of Congress American Folklife Center by American Folklife Center Pdf

Accompanying CD includes music and spoken word from the Archive of Folk Culture. Full track listing and production credits on p. 80-84.

Author : Simon J. Bronner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Social Science
ISBN : IND:39000005581181

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American Folklore Studies by Simon J. Bronner Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Folklore
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114217271

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Encyclopedia of American Folklife by Anonim Pdf

Offers approximately 270 essays on topics in American folklife as diverse as chain letters, the Internet, Little Havana, fans of heavy metal music, Wiccans, and zydeco.