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Grasping things : folk material culture and mass society in America / / Simon J. Bronner



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Autore: Bronner Simon J. Visualizza persona
Titolo: Grasping things : folk material culture and mass society in America / / Simon J. Bronner Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Lexington, Kentucky : , : University Press of Kentucky, , 2005
©1986
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (272 p.)
Disciplina: 306/.0973
Soggetto topico: Material culture - Indiana
Food habits - United States
Material culture - Pennsylvania
Folk art - United States
Mass society
Material culture - United States
Dwellings - United States
Soggetto geografico: United States Social life and customs
Pennsylvania Social life and customs
Indiana Social life and customs
Note generali: Includes index.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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
Sommario/riassunto: 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 physically and mentally grasp things. Bronner moves beyond the usual discussions of form and variety in America's folk material cu
Titolo autorizzato: Grasping things  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8131-9142-4
0-8131-4856-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910817485403321
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