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Explaining traditions : folk behavior in modern culture /

"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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bronner, Simon J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, ©2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Defining tradition: on the meaning and politics of a "handy" concept
  • Explaining tradition: on folk and folkloristic logic
  • Building tradition: on control and authority in vernacular architecture
  • Making tradition: on craft in American consciousness
  • Adapting tradition: on folklore in human development
  • Fading tradition: on a dying language and lore
  • Personalizing tradition: on storytelling by an African American father and son
  • Symbolizing tradition: on the scatology of an ethnic identity
  • Sporting tradition: on the praxis of American football
  • Virtual tradition: on the Internet as a folk system.