02998nam 2200745 450 991078721130332120200520144314.00-8131-9142-40-8131-4856-1(CKB)3710000000333887(EBL)1915010(SSID)ssj0001402078(PQKBManifestationID)12473972(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001402078(PQKBWorkID)11357462(PQKB)11384118(OCoLC)567909374(MdBmJHUP)muse43788(Au-PeEL)EBL1915010(CaPaEBR)ebr11011593(CaONFJC)MIL690742(MiAaPQ)EBC1915010(EXLCZ)99371000000033388720150208h20051986 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGrasping things folk material culture and mass society in America /Simon J. BronnerLexington, Kentucky :University Press of Kentucky,2005.©19861 online resource (272 p.)Includes index.1-322-59460-0 0-8131-1572-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; ZAmerica 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 physically and mentally grasp things. Bronner moves beyond the usual discussions of form and variety in America's folk material cuMaterial cultureIndianaFood habitsUnited StatesMaterial culturePennsylvaniaFolk artUnited StatesMass societyMaterial cultureUnited StatesDwellingsUnited StatesUnited StatesSocial life and customsPennsylvaniaSocial life and customsIndianaSocial life and customsMaterial cultureFood habitsMaterial cultureFolk artMass society.Material cultureDwellings306/.0973Bronner Simon J.801383MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787211303321Grasping things3766295UNINA