Folklore and Society – serie
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Steppin' on the Blues
The Visible Rhythms of African American Dance
Häftad, 1996
239 kr
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It's impossible to think of the heritage of music and dance in the United States without the invaluable contributions of African Americans. Those art forms have been touched by the genius of African American culture and have helped this nation take its important and unique place in thepantheon of …
Wobblies, Pile Butts, and Other Heroes
LABORLORE EXPLORATIONS
Av Archie Green
Inbunden, 1993
606 kr
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In this culmination of his half-century of involvement with American workers and their traditions, Archie Green explores occupational expression---stories, songs, customs, beliefs, artifacts---on the job and in institutions such as trade unions. Combining ethnographic description with analysis …
Transforming Tradition
Folk Music Revivals Examined
Inbunden, 1993
467 kr
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Transforming Tradition examines the phenomenon of the folk song revival, those vibrant meldings of popular and folk culture that captured public awareness in the 1950s and 1960s. We remember the folk revival as forums for performers like Joan Baez and the Kingston Trio, and as incubators for …
Morning Dew and Roses
Nuance, Metaphor, and Meaning in Folksongs
Inbunden, 1995
553 kr
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"A major academic work that is also brilliantly, clearly, humanely, and poetically written. It can be enjoyed not only by ballad and bawdry scholars but by everyone who picks it up." -- Kenneth S. Goldstein, University of Pennsylvania, former president of the American Folklore Society"Toelken's …
Polish-American Folklore
Inbunden, 2000
440 kr
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Integrating vivid photographs, firsthand observations, and interviews against a rich backdrop of ethnic practices and traditions, Deborah Anders Silverman explores how Polish Americans are creatively adapting the rural peasant folklore of the old country to life in multicultural, urban …
George Magoon and the Down East Game War
History, Folklore, and the Law
Häftad, 1992
395 kr
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George Magoon (1851-1929), a notoriousmoose and deer poacher in Maine, was the hero of scores of funny stories ofhow he outwitted game wardens. Preserving these oral histories, Edward Ivesdocuments Magoon's life and explores his significance as a folk hero withinthe context of the conservation …
Last Cavalier
The Life and Times of John a. Lomax, 1867-1948
Häftad, 2001
629 kr
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Winner of the Carr P. Collins Award and a Miss Ima Hogg Historical Achievement Award, Last Cavalier is the never-before-told story of the remarkable life and career of John A. Lomax, pioneering American folklorist, canny businessman, influential educator, and patriarch of an extended family of …
Tin Men
Av Archie Green
Häftad, 2006
314 kr
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The art, craft, and social history behind tin men
