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Autore |
Bronner Simon J. |
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Grasping things : folk material culture and mass society in America / / Simon J. Bronner |
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Lexington, Kentucky : , : University Press of Kentucky, , 2005 |
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©1986 |
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ISBN |
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0-8131-9142-4 |
0-8131-4856-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (272 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Material culture - Indiana |
Food habits - United States |
Material culture - Pennsylvania |
Folk art - United States |
Mass society |
Material culture - United States |
Dwellings - United States |
United States Social life and customs |
Pennsylvania Social life and customs |
Indiana Social life and customs |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. Grasping Things; 2. Entering Things; 3. Making Things; Photo Section; 4. Consuming Things; EpiIogue; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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America stocks its shelves with mass-produced goods but fills its imagination with handmade folk objects. In Pennsylvania, the ""back to the city"" housing movement causes a conflict of cultures. In Indiana, an old tradition of butchering turtles for church picnics evokes both pride and loathing among residents. In New York, folk-art exhibits raise choruses of adoration and protest. These are a few of the examples Simon Bronner uses to illustrate the ways Americans |
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