Grasping things : folk material culture and mass society in America /

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America stocks its shelves with mass-produced goods but fills its imagination with handmade folk objects. In Pennsylvania, the ""back to the city"" housing movement causes a conflict of cultures. In Indiana, an old tradition of butchering turtles for church picnics evokes both pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bronner, Simon J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, KY : University Press of Kentucky, ©1986.
Subjects:
Material culture > United States.
Material culture > Pennsylvania.
Food habits > United States.
Material culture > Indiana.
Dwellings > United States.
Folk art > United States.
Mass society.
Culture matérielle > États-Unis.
Habitations > États-Unis.
Art populaire > États-Unis.
Habitudes alimentaires > États-Unis.
Culture matérielle > Pennsylvanie.
Culture matérielle > Indiana.
Société de masse.
Dwellings.
Folk art.
Food habits.
Manners and customs.
Material culture.
Materiële cultuur.
Culture matérielle > États-Unis > Pennsylvanie.
Culture matérielle > États-Unis > Indiana.
United States > Social life and customs.
Pennsylvania > Social life and customs.
Indiana > Social life and customs.
États-Unis > Mœurs et coutumes.
Pennsylvanie > Mœurs et coutumes.
Indiana > Mœurs et coutumes.
Indiana.
Pennsylvania.
United States.
États-Unis > Moeurs et coutumes.
Indiana > Moeurs et coutumes.
Pennsylvanie > Moeurs et coutumes.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. Grasping Things; 2. Entering Things; 3. Making Things; Photo Section; 4. Consuming Things; EpiIogue; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

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