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