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54 produkter
Americanness
Inquiries into the Thought and Culture of the United States
Häftad, 2021
652 kr
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Americanness: Inquiries into the Thought and Culture of the United States analyzes several core themes that connect Americans because of, and despite, their pronounced diversity.The book investigates shared ideas and ideals, such as individualism, mobility, materialism, and future-orientation, that …
The Oxford Handbook of American Folklore and Folklife Studies
Inbunden, 2019
3337 kr
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The Oxford Handbook of American Folklore and Folklife Studies surveys the materials, approaches, concepts, and applications of the field to provide a sweeping guide to American folklore and folklife, culture, history, and society. Forty-three comprehensive and diverse chapters delve into …
Oxford Handbook of American Folklore and Folklife Studies
E-bok, 2019
2319 kr
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The Oxford Handbook of American Folklore and Folklife Studies surveys the materials, approaches, concepts, and applications of the field to provide a sweeping guide to American folklore and folklife, culture, history, and society. Forty-three comprehensive and diverse chapters delve into …
Oxford Handbook of American Folklore and Folklife Studies
E-bok, 2019
2319 kr
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The Oxford Handbook of American Folklore and Folklife Studies surveys the materials, approaches, concepts, and applications of the field to provide a sweeping guide to American folklore and folklife, culture, history, and society. Forty-three comprehensive and diverse chapters delve into …
Manly Traditions
The Folk Roots of American Masculinities
Häftad, 2005
301 kr
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Take this test. You think today's sensitive, caring man is: (a) a myth, (b) an oxymoron, or (c) a moron. No matter whether you laugh at this bit of folk humor, its wide circulation bespeaks a modern predicament for American men. Men's "manly" traditions have been shaken in an age of "sensitivity." …
Popularizing Pennsylvania
Henry W. Shoemaker and the Progressive Uses of Folklore and History
Häftad, 1996
738 kr
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Few regions have had as energetic and influential a promoter as Henry W. Shoemaker (1880–1958), who devoted his life's work to preserving Pennsylvania's cultural and natural heritage. His memory lives on in the legends he helped promote, such as that of the Indian princess "Nita-Nee," for whom …
Americanness
Inquiries into the Thought and Culture of the United States
E-bok, 2021
745 kr
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Americanness: Inquiries into the Thought and Culture of the United States analyzes several core themes that connect Americans because of, and despite, their pronounced diversity. The book investigates shared ideas and ideals, such as individualism, mobility, materialism, and future-orientation, …
Americanness
Inquiries into the Thought and Culture of the United States
E-bok, 2021
729 kr
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Americanness: Inquiries into the Thought and Culture of the United States analyzes several core themes that connect Americans because of, and despite, their pronounced diversity. The book investigates shared ideas and ideals, such as individualism, mobility, materialism, and future-orientation, …
American Folklore Studies
An Intellectual History
E-bok, 2024
399 kr
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Folklore. Washington Irving and Mark Twain used it in their fiction; Sigmund Freud and William James incorporated it into their work; Henry Ford and Franklin Roosevelt promoted it. Their efforts were set against the background of folklorists who brought collections of traditional tales, songs, and …
Carver's Art
Crafting Meaning from Wood
Häftad, 1996
443 kr
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Chains carved from a single block of wood, cages whittled with wooden balls rattling inside -- all "made with just a pocketknife" -- are among our most enduring folk designs. Who makes them and why? what is their history? what do they mean for their makers, for their viewers, for our society? Simon …
Lafcadio Hearn's America
Ethnographic Sketches and Editorials
Inbunden, 2002
679 kr
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The American essays of renowned writer Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) artistically chronicle the robust urban life of Cincinnati and New Orleans. Hearn is one of the few chroniclers of urban American life in the nineteenth century, and much of this material has not been widely available since the …
Killing Tradition
Inside Hunting and Animal Rights Controversies
E-bok, 2008
535 kr
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Across the country and around the world, people avidly engage in the cultural practice of hunting. Children are taken on rite-of-passage hunting trips, where relationships are cemented and legacies are passed on from one generation to another. Meals are prepared from hunted game, often consisting …
Explaining Traditions
Folk Behavior in Modern Culture
E-bok, 2011
535 kr
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Why do humans hold onto traditions? Many pundits predicted that modernization and the rise of a mass culture would displace traditions, especially in America, but cultural practices still bear out the importance of rituals and customs in the development of identity, heritage, and community. In …
Killing Tradition
Inside Hunting and Animal Rights Controversies
E-bok, 2008
535 kr
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Across the country and around the world, people avidly engage in the cultural practice of hunting. Children are taken on rite-of-passage hunting trips, where relationships are cemented and legacies are passed on from one generation to another. Meals are prepared from hunted game, often consisting …
Explaining Traditions
Folk Behavior in Modern Culture
E-bok, 2011
535 kr
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Why do humans hold onto traditions? Many pundits predicted that modernization and the rise of a mass culture would displace traditions, especially in America, but cultural practices still bear out the importance of rituals and customs in the development of identity, heritage, and community. In …
Carver's Art
Crafting Meaning from Wood
E-bok, 2014
551 kr
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Chains carved from a single block of wood, cages whittled with wooden balls rattling insideall "made with just a pocketknife"are among our most enduring folk designs. Who makes them and why? what is their history? what do they mean for their makers, for their viewers, for our society? Simon J. …
Grasping Things
Folk Material Culture and Mass Society in America
E-bok, 2014
535 kr
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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 …
Lafcadio Hearn's America
Ethnographic Sketches and Editorials
E-bok, 2014
615 kr
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The American essays of renowned writer Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) artistically chronicle the robust urban life of Cincinnati and New Orleans. Hearn is one of the few chroniclers of urban American life in the nineteenth century, and much of this material has not been widely available since the …
Explaining Traditions
Folk Behavior in Modern Culture
Häftad, 2015
590 kr
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Why do humans hold onto traditions? Many pundits predicted that modernization and the rise of a mass culture would displace traditions, especially in America, but cultural practices still bear out the importance of rituals and customs in the development of identity, heritage, and community. In …
Grasping Things
Folk Material Culture and Mass Society in America
Häftad, 2004
445 kr
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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 …
Jewish Cultural Studies
Häftad, 2021
445 kr
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Jewish Cultural Studies charts the contours and boundaries of Jewish cultural studies and the issues of Jewish culture that make it so intriguing-and necessary-not only for Jews but also for students of identity, ethnicity, and diversity generally. In addition to framing the distinguishing features …
Jewish Cultural Studies
Inbunden, 2021
1067 kr
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Jewish Cultural Studies charts the contours and boundaries of Jewish cultural studies and the issues of Jewish culture that make it so intriguing-and necessary-not only for Jews but also for students of identity, ethnicity, and diversity generally. In addition to framing the distinguishing features …
Folklore and Ethnology of the Modern World
A Theory of Cultural Engagement
Inbunden, 2025
2888 kr
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In Folklore and Ethnology of the Modern World, Simon Bronner identifies “cultural engagements” that people use to reconcile tradition and modernity and confront the anxieties of the present by bringing together the past, often represented by tradition, and the immediate digital, unreal future. …
Folklore and Ethnology of the Modern World
A Theory of Cultural Engagement
Häftad, 2025
745 kr
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In Folklore and Ethnology of the Modern World, Simon Bronner identifies “cultural engagements” that people use to reconcile tradition and modernity and confront the anxieties of the present by bringing together the past, often represented by tradition, and the immediate digital, unreal future. …
Folklore and Ethnology of the Modern World
A Theory of Cultural Engagement
E-bok, 2025
762 kr
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In Folklore and Ethnology of the Modern World, Simon Bronner identifies "e;cultural engagements"e; that people use to reconcile tradition and modernity and confront the anxieties of the present by bringing together the past, often represented by tradition, and the immediate digital, unreal …
Folklore and Ethnology of the Modern World
A Theory of Cultural Engagement
E-bok, 2025
746 kr
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In Folklore and Ethnology of the Modern World, Simon Bronner identifies "e;cultural engagements"e; that people use to reconcile tradition and modernity and confront the anxieties of the present by bringing together the past, often represented by tradition, and the immediate digital, unreal …
Americanness
Inquiries into the Thought and Culture of the United States
Inbunden, 2021
2586 kr
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Americanness: Inquiries into the Thought and Culture of the United States analyzes several core themes that connect Americans because of, and despite, their pronounced diversity.The book investigates shared ideas and ideals, such as individualism, mobility, materialism, and future-orientation, that …
