Folk Art

HENRY GLASSIE, College Professor Emeritus at Indiana University, received the Haskins Prize of the American Council of Learned Societies for a distinguished career of humanistic scholarship. Three of his books—Passing the Time in Ballymenone, The Spirit of Folk Art, and Turkish Traditional Art Today—were named among the notable books of the year by the New York Times. The film by Pat Collins, Henry Glassie: Field Work, was named the best Irish documentary of the year in 2020.PRAVINA SHUKLA, Provost Professor and currently Chair of the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University, has won six teaching awards including the President's Award for Distinguished Teaching. She is the author of The Grace of Four Moons: Dress, Adornment, and the Art of the Body in Modern India, winner of the Coomaraswamy Prize of the Association of Asian Studies and the Davenport Award of the Costume Society of America. She also wrote Costume: Performing Identities through Dress and co-authored The Individual and Tradition.

Comprising an introduction that surveys the historical background and three thematic sections, plus footnotes and bibliography, Folk Art is an important contribution to the scholarship.- E. Douglas (Choice)

• An Introduction1. Caruaru2. The Vitalino Family3. Elias Vitalino4. Emanuela and Emanuel5. Vitalino Neto6. The Manuel Eudocio Family7. Luiz Carlos and Genilda8. Ademilson and Elisoneide9. Helton10. The Ze Caboclo Family11. Socorro and Carmelia12. Paulo, Antonio, and Emerson13. Amanda14. Luiz Antonio and Odete15. Leonildo16. Terezinha17. The Galdino Family18. Luis and George19. J. Borges20. J. Miguel21. Severino and Ana Maria22. Pablo and Bacaro23. The Work Goes On24. Performance25. Art26. Production in PlaceAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex