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Simon J. Bronner Folk Nation (Hardback)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Folk NationCondition: NewSubtitle: Folklore in the Creation of American TraditionISBN-10: 0842028919EAN: 9780842028912ISBN: 9780842028912Publisher: Rowman & LittlefieldFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 08/01/2002Description: This lively reader traces the search for American tradition and national identity through folklore and folklife from the 19th century to the present. Through an engaging set of essays, Folk Nation shows how American thinkers and leaders have used folklore to express the meaning of their country. Simon Bronner has carefully selected statements by public intellectuals and popular writers as well as by scholars, all chosen for their readability and significance as provocative texts during their time. The common thread running throughout is the value of folklore in expressing or denying an American national tradition. This text raises timely issues about the character of American culture and the direction of American society. The essays show the development of views of American nationalism, multiculturalism, and commercialism. Provocative topics include debates over the relationship between popular culture and folk culture, the uniqueness of an American literature and arts based on folk sources, the fabrication of folk heroes such as Pecos Bill and Paul Bunyan as propaganda for patriotism and nationalism, the romanticizations of vernacular culture by popularizers such as Walt Disney and Ben Botkin, the use of folklore for ethnocentric purposes, and the political deployment of folklore by conservatives as emblems of 'traditional values' and civil virtues and by liberals as emblems of multiculturalism and tolerance of alternative lifestyles. The book also traces the controversy over who conveyed the myth of 'America.' Was it the nation's poets and artists, its academics, its politicians and leaders, its communities and local educational institutions, its theme parks and festivals, its movie moguls and entertainers? Folk Nation shows how the process of defining the American mystique through folklore was at the core of debates among writers and thinkers about the value of Davey Crockett, John Henry, quilts, cowboys, and immigrants as symbols of America.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 236mmItem Length: 156mmItem Width: 24mmItem Weight: 594gAuthor: Simon J. BronnerGenre: HistoryBook Series: American Visions: Readings in American CultureTopic: Society & Culture, Language & ReferenceRelease Year: 2002 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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Publication Name: Folk Nation

Title: Folk Nation

Subtitle: Folklore in the Creation of American Tradition

ISBN-10: 0842028919

EAN: 9780842028912

ISBN: 9780842028912

Release Date: 08/01/2002

Release Year: 2002

Country/Region of Manufacture: US

Series: American Visions: Readings in American Culture

Book Title: Folk Nation : Folklore in the Creation of American Tradition

Number of Pages: 256 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated

Topic: Folklore & Mythology, United States / General

Publication Year: 2002

Item Height: 0.9 in

Illustrator: Yes

Genre: Social Science, History

Item Weight: 21 Oz

Author: Simon J. Bronner

Item Length: 9.3 in

Book Series: American Visions: Readings in American Culture Ser.

Item Width: 6.2 in

Format: Hardcover

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