Folk Art and Art Worlds, ed. John Michael Vlach & Simon J. Bronner w/ New Intro

Description: Folk Art and Art Worlds (Essays Drawn from the Washington Meeting on Folk Art Organized by the American Folklife Center at the Library Congress) "All the essays are instructional and thought provoking, providing new views on many old customs." Dr. John Michael Vlach is professor of American studies and anthropology and director of the folklife program at The George Washington University. His books include The Planter's Prospect: Privilege and Slavery in Plantation Paintings and The Afro-American Tradition in the Decorative Arts. Dr. Simon J. Bronner, distinguished Professor of American Studies and Folklore Emeritus, received his Ph.D. in Folklore and American Studies from Indiana University in 1981. He has been editor of the journals Material Culture and Folklore Historian and the book series Material Worlds for the University Press of Kentucky, Pennsylvania German History and Culture for Penn State Press, and Jewish Cultural Studies for Littman. He is the author of many books, including Folklore: The Basics; Campus Traditions: Folklore from the Old- Time College to the Modern Mega-University; Explaining Traditions: Folk Behavior in Modern Culture; Killing Tradition: Inside Hunting and Animal Rights Controversies; Folk Nation: Folklore in the Creation of American Tradition; Following Tradition: Folklore in the Discourse of American Culture; Grasping Things: Folk Material Culture and Mass Society; Chain Carvers: Old Men Crafting Meaning; American Folklore Studies: An Intellectual History; American Children's Folklore (winner of the Opie Prize for best book on children's folklore); Old-Time Music Makers of New York State (winner of the John Ben Snow Prize for best book on upstate New York), and Popularizing Pennsylvania: Henry W. Shoemaker and the Progressive Uses of Folklore and History. He has edited numerous books, including a four-volume encyclopedia of American folklife, two-volume encyclopedia of American youth cultures, encyclopedia of Pennsylvania German history and culture, a cultural history of consumer society, folklife studies from the Gilded Age, the writing of Lafcadio Hearn, the essays of Alan Dundes, and volumes on American folklore and nationalism, creativity and tradition, and folk art and material culture.

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