10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOLKLIFE»
Discover the use of
folklife in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
folklife and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Folklore and
Folklife: An Introduction
Describes the characteristics of folk cultures and discusses the procedures used by social scientists to study folklife.
Ted Olson is a college instructor, folklorist, freelance writer, and former Blue Ridge Parkway ranger. An appreciation of the rich and distinctive folklife in one of the earliest settled regions in southern Appalachia
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Folklore and
Folklife in the United Arab Emirates
Challenging the established meaning of folklife, this volume also deals with folklore in public life, in the mass media, in education and in politics.
Sayyid Hamid Hurriez, 2013
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Reflections on the
Folklife Festival: An Ethnography of ...
These essays investigate the contention by supporters of these events that this form of folkloric representation is as intellectually legitimate as scholarly research.
Patricia Sawin, Inta Gale Carpenter, 1992
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Ethnomimesis:
Folklife and the Representation of Culture
Wide-ranging and provocative, this book will fascinate all those intrigued by how we create and perpetuate our representations of folklife and culture.
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Encyclopedia of Asian American Folklore and
Folklife
This comprehensive compilation of entries documents the origins, transmissions, and transformations of Asian American folklore and folklife.
Jonathan H. X. Lee, Kathleen M. Nadeau, 2011
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By the Work of Their Hands: Studies in Afro-American
Folklife
"A stunning piece of scholarship, rich in both theory and evidence, that takes the reader to a new plateau of understanding" (Charles Joyner, University of South Carolina) of the African-American folklife.
Looks at the Pinelands region of New Jersey, describes farming, glassmaking, charcoal burning, trapping, oystering, and clamming in the region, and discusses the local ecology
Rita Zorn Moonsammy, David Steven Cohen, Lorraine E. Williams, 1987
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Great Smoky Mountains
Folklife
This book surveying the rich folklife of this special place in the American South offers a view of the culture as it has been defined and changed by scholars, missionaries, the federal government, tourists, and people of the region ...
Michael Ann Williams, 1995
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Shenandoah Valley
Folklife
Throughout the book, Suter argues that the valley's past plays a definitive role in its present. He finds family traditions still thriving in crafts like white oak basketmaking, as well as in cooking and architecture.
Scott Hamilton Suter, 2012
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOLKLIFE»
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folklife is used in the context of the following news items.
Yakima Folklife Festival kicks off - KIMA of Yakima, WA
YAKIMA, Wash.-- The 33rd annual Folklife Festival kicked off this Friday at 6 p.m. at Franklin Park next to the Yakima Valley Museum. The event ... «KIMA CBS 29, Jul 15»
Peru reaches new U.S. market through Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Lima, Jul. 11. Peruvian participation at the 2015 Smithsonian Folklife Festival was crucial to reach a new market in the United States, as a result of a cultural and ... «Andina - Agencia Peruana de Noticias, Jul 15»
To Resurrect A Vanishing Language, Try YouTube and Indiegogo …
These two Kukama speakers, who live in the town of Nauta in the Peruvian Amazon, were in Washington, D.C., for the Smithsonian Folklife ... «WABE 90.1 FM, Jul 15»
Vermilionville offering free workshop for teachers - KATC.com
Participants will learn skills in folklife, interviewing, documentation and design of folk-life integrated lessons across disciplines. The workshop ... «KATC Lafayette News, Jul 15»
Yakima Folklife Festival
The Yakima Folklife Festival is held in the Yakima Valley Museum and adjacent Franklin Park. There are over 50 performance acts over the two ... «Yakima Herald-Republic, Jul 15»
Folklife Festival, always a musical feast, is now also Rad
That's the beauty of folk music, which gets its time in the spotlight this weekend at the 33rd annual Yakima Folklife Festival, where there will be ... «Yakima Herald-Republic, Jul 15»
San Francisco's PH Folklife Museum launches website
From left: Dan de la Cruz, Fely Santiago, Philippine Folklife Museum President Lydia de la Cruz, Elsie McAteer and Mila Llorente at the ... «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»
Audio documentaries to capture stories behind Austin's blues scene
... and the stories of the people keeping it alive will soon be captured in Texas Folklife's summer radio workshop “Stories from Deep in the Heart ... «MyStatesman.com, Jul 15»
Peruvian Sisters Can Turn A Gourd Into An $800 Objet D'art
I interviewed the sisters at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, which is all about Peru this year. Did your dad force you to take lessons? I ask. «Delaware First Media, Jul 15»
A Look Back in History: Rural Folklife of the early 1900's as seen by …
Courtesy the Reinert Collection Both photos taken by Amandus Moyer in the early 1900ís, shows a portrait of his Dad, but note the impressive ... «Boyertown Berk Montgomery Newspapers, Jul 15»
