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This unique collection of essays dedicated to the presentation of American tradition broadens our understanding of the regional differences and ethnic folkways that color American life.

Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Folklife Studies in American Scholarship (Don Yoder)
  • 2. Folklife Study and Social Change (Ward H. Goodenough)
  • 3. Uses of the Artistic Past (James Marston Fitch)
  • 4. American Cultural Geography and Folklife (Fred B. Kniffen)
  • 5. Film Documentation of Folklife (Leslie P. Greenhill)
  • 6. Folk Boats of Eastern French Louisiana (William B. Knipmeyer; edited by Henry Glassie)
  • 7. Afro-American Coil Basketry in Charleston County, South Carolina: Affective Characteristics of an Artistic Craft in a Social Context (Gerald L. Davis)
  • 8. The Whitaker-Waggoner Log House from Morgan County, Indiana (Warren E. Roberts)
  • 9. Tollgate Lore from Upstate New York: A Contribution to Folk-Cultural Studies (David J. Winslow)
  • 10. Ethnic Tensions in the Lower Rio Grande Valley to 1860 (James L. Evans)
  • 11. Wishing in and Shooting in the New Year among the Germans in the Carolinas (Walter L. Robbins)
  • 12. Morality in a Yoruba Ritual in Trinidad (Jacob D. Elder)
  • Notes on the Contributors
  • Index

American Folklife

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/05/1976
      ISBN13: 9780292729070, 978-0292729070
      ISBN10: 0292729073

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This unique collection of essays dedicated to the presentation of American tradition broadens our understanding of the regional differences and ethnic folkways that color American life.

      Table of Contents
      • Preface
      • 1. Folklife Studies in American Scholarship (Don Yoder)
      • 2. Folklife Study and Social Change (Ward H. Goodenough)
      • 3. Uses of the Artistic Past (James Marston Fitch)
      • 4. American Cultural Geography and Folklife (Fred B. Kniffen)
      • 5. Film Documentation of Folklife (Leslie P. Greenhill)
      • 6. Folk Boats of Eastern French Louisiana (William B. Knipmeyer; edited by Henry Glassie)
      • 7. Afro-American Coil Basketry in Charleston County, South Carolina: Affective Characteristics of an Artistic Craft in a Social Context (Gerald L. Davis)
      • 8. The Whitaker-Waggoner Log House from Morgan County, Indiana (Warren E. Roberts)
      • 9. Tollgate Lore from Upstate New York: A Contribution to Folk-Cultural Studies (David J. Winslow)
      • 10. Ethnic Tensions in the Lower Rio Grande Valley to 1860 (James L. Evans)
      • 11. Wishing in and Shooting in the New Year among the Germans in the Carolinas (Walter L. Robbins)
      • 12. Morality in a Yoruba Ritual in Trinidad (Jacob D. Elder)
      • Notes on the Contributors
      • Index

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