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Folklore



link to catalog page THOMPSON, The Old German Baptist Brethren

The Old German Baptist Brethren

Faith, Farming, and Change in the Virginia Blue Ridge

Author: Charles D. Thompson Jr.
Pub Date: June 2006

A traditional community's struggle to define itself in the face of agricultural change   learn more...

link to catalog page WILLIAMS, Staging Tradition

Staging Tradition

John Lair and Sarah Gertrude Knott

Author: Michael Ann Williams
Pub Date: August 2006

The colorful and detailed story of folk music’s pioneering stage presenters   learn more...

link to catalog page MACDONALD, Ten Traditional Tellers Author: Margaret Read MacDonald
Pub Date: May 2006

A fascinating look inside the lives, cultures, and stories of ten traditional storytellers   learn more...

link to catalog page GRAVES, Cultural Democracy

Cultural Democracy

The Arts, Community, and the Public Purpose

Author: James Bau Graves
Pub Date: December 2005

How America shortchanges the arts and community, and what can be done about it   learn more...

link to catalog page MARTINEZ, My Life in San Juan Pueblo

My Life in San Juan Pueblo

Stories of Esther Martinez

Author: Edited by Sue-Ellen Jacobs and Josephine Binford with M. Ellien Carroll, Henrietta M. Smith, and Tilar Mazzeo
Pub Date: 2004

American Indian stories from famed Traditional Storyteller for the National Park Service, Esther Martinez   learn more...

link to catalog page SCHROEDER, Robert Johnson, Mythmaking, and Contemporary American Culture Author: Patricia R. Schroeder
Pub Date: July 2004

An examination of the culture of myth making by looking at the myths surrounding Robert Johnson and how they were used by various writers and artists   learn more...

link to catalog page FEINTUCH, Eight Words for the Study of Expressive Culture Author: Edited by Burt Feintuch
Pub Date: 2003

An examination of words--art, tradition, text, identity, context, genre, performance, group--that are fundamental concepts for the study of creativity and tradition in human expression   learn more...

link to catalog page THOMAS, Naked Barbies, Warrior Joes, and Other Forms of Visible Gender Author: Jeannie Banks Thomas
Pub Date: 2003

This book is a study of everyday, gendered sculptural figures, including Barbie and G. I. Joe   learn more...

link to catalog page BENDER, Plum and Bamboo

Plum and Bamboo

China's Suzhou Chantefable Tradition

Author: Mark Bender
Pub Date: June 2003

This book introduces a regional Chinese storytelling art that combines singing, telling, and the music of stringed instruments to tell lengthy love stories.   learn more...

link to catalog page EPSTEIN, Sinful Tunes and Spirituals

Sinful Tunes and Spirituals

Black Folk Music to the Civil War

Author: Dena J. Epstein
Pub Date: 2003

Classic study of black slave music in America   learn more...

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