Exploring folk art : twenty years of thought on craft, work, and aesthetics /

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Jones explores the human impulse to create, the necessity for having aesthetically satisfying experiences, and the craving for tradition. He also considers topics such as making chairs, remodeling houses, using and preserving soda-fountain slang, preparing and eating food, and sculpting lifelike fig...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Jones, Michael Owen
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Logan : Utah State University Press, 1993.
Subjects:
Folk art > United States.
Material culture > United States.
Folklore > United States.
Art populaire > États-Unis.
Culture matérielle > États-Unis.
Folklore > États-Unis.
ART > Popular Culture.
ART > General.
Folk art
Folklore
Manners and customs
Material culture
United States > Social life and customs.
États-Unis > Mœurs et coutumes.
United States
Originally published: Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI Research Press, c1987, in series: American material culture and folklife. Masters of material culture.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Jones explores the human impulse to create, the necessity for having aesthetically satisfying experiences, and the craving for tradition. He also considers topics such as making chairs, remodeling houses, using and preserving soda-fountain slang, preparing and eating food, and sculpting lifelike figures out of cement.
Physical Description:1 online resource (219 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780874213805
0874213800

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