ISBN:
1784028169
,
1317471954
,
9781784028169
,
9781317471950
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (364 entries)
Edition:
[Enhanced Credo edition]
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
398.0973/03
Keywords:
Folklore Encyclopedias
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Folklore & Mythology
;
Folklore
;
Manners and customs
;
Encyclopedias
;
United States Encyclopedias Social life and customs
;
United States
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Adolescents -- Aesthetics -- African American Communities -- Alaska -- Allegheny Region -- Altars -- Amana -- American Samoa -- Amish, Nebraska -- Amish, Old Order -- Animals -- Appalachia -- Arab Communities -- Archives and Libraries -- Armenian Communities -- Art Environments -- Atlanta -- Atlas -- Automobiles -- Baltimore -- Banjo -- Baptists, Old Regular -- Barn Raising -- Barns -- Baskets and Basketry -- Basque Communities -- Belief -- Bikers -- Birth -- Blue Ridge -- Bluegrass Music -- Blues -- Body Modification -- Bodybuilders and Weightlifters -- Bosnian Communities -- Boston -- Boy Scouts -- Branding -- Brooklyn -- Buddhists -- Bulgarian Communities -- Cajun Communities -- Cape Cod -- Cape Verdean Communities -- Carnival -- Carolina, Down East -- Carpatho-Rusyn Communities -- Catholic Charismatics -- Catholics -- Chain Letters -- Charleston -- Chicago -- Chicano and Mexican Communities -- Childhood -- Children's Groups -- Chinatowns -- Chinese Communities -- Christmas -- Church of the Brethren -- Cincinnati -- Cleveland -- Coastal Carolina Plain Region -- Cockfighting -- Communal Societies -- Communication -- Community and Group -- Consumerism -- Context -- Courtship -- Cowboys -- Craft -- Creoles, Louisiana -- Croatian Communities -- Croatians, Louisiana -- Cuban Communities -- Cults and Rumor-Panics, Satanic -- Cultural Register -- Czech Communities -- Dance -- Dance, Liturgical -- Danish Communities -- Deaf Communities -- Death and Funerals -- Delmarva and the Eastern Shore Region -- Delta, Mississippi River -- Denver -- Des Moines -- Dialect -- Dialect Stories -- Dominican Communities -- Drama -- Dress and Costume -- Easter -- Eastern Orthodox Christians -- Education -- El Paso -- Environment -- Estonian Communities -- Ethnic and Immigrant Folklife -- Ethnography and Fieldwork
Abstract:
Family -- Fans, Automobile Racing -- Fans, Extreme Metal -- Fans, Heavy Metal -- Farmers -- Feminism -- Fetishes -- Filipino Communities -- Film and Video -- Finnish American Communities -- Fire Island -- Firefighters -- Fishing Communities -- Folk Art -- Folk Festivals -- Folk Music and Song -- Folk Society -- Folk Speech and Language -- Folklife and Folk Culture -- Folklife Organizations -- Folklore -- Folklorists -- Foodways -- Franco-American Communities -- Fraternal Organizations -- French Canadian Communities -- Function and Context -- Gamblers and Gambling -- Games and Toys -- Games, Drinking -- Gangs -- Gangs, Youth -- Gardens and Gardening -- Gay Communities -- Gay San Francisco -- Geography -- German Communities -- Germans, Great Plains -- Gestures -- Gospel Music -- Goths -- Gravemarkers -- Great Plains -- Great Plains Indians -- Greek Communities -- Grottoes -- Guam -- Gullah -- Gypsies (Romani) -- Hair -- Haitian Communities -- Halloween -- Hare Krishna -- Harlem -- Hasidim and Misnagidim (Haredim) -- Hawaiians, Native -- Healing and Medicine -- Healing, Faith -- Hillbilly -- Hindus -- Hip-Hop -- History and Heritage -- Hmong Communites -- Holidays -- Hospitals -- Houses -- Houston -- Humor -- Hungarian Communities -- Hunting -- Hutterites (Hutterian Brethren) -- Intellectual Property and Traditional Knowledge -- Internet -- Irish Communities -- Irish, Boston -- Irish, Chicago -- Italian Communities -- Italian Community, Detroit -- Japanese Communities -- Japantown -- Jewish Communities -- Jews, Crypto- and Protestant Millenialism -- Korean Communities -- Ku Klux Klan -- Landscape -- Lao Communities -- Las Vegas -- Latvian Communities -- Legends -- Little Egypt -- Little Havana -- Little League Baseball and Youth Sports Organizations -- Little Sweden -- Loggers, Maine -- Los Angeles -- Love Feast -- Lumbering -- Lutherans
Abstract:
Macedonian Communities -- Maine, Down East -- Märchen -- Mardi Gras -- Martial Artists -- Material Culture -- Medicine, Folk -- Memorial Day -- Memphis -- Men and Masculinity -- Mennonites -- Mennonites, Reformed -- Mennonites, Wenger -- Metal and Metalworkers -- Methodists -- Miami -- Middle Atlantic Region -- Midwest -- Migrant Workers and Hoboes -- Millennialists -- Milwaukee -- Miners, Anthracite -- Miners, Bituminous -- Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Area -- Molokans -- Montagnard-Dega Communities -- Mormon Culture Region -- Mormon Fundamentalists -- Mormons -- Museums and Exhibitions -- Muslims -- N -- Names -- Narrative, Personal -- Nashville -- Nationalism -- Netherlands Dutch and Belgian Communities -- New England -- New Orleans -- New Year -- New York City -- Northern Appalachian Region (Catskills and Adirondacks) -- Northwest Coast -- Norwegian Communities -- Nuer Communities -- Nurses -- O -- Occupational Folklife -- Old German Baptist Brethren -- Old Order River Brethren -- Old-Age Communities -- Old-Time Music -- Oral and Folk History -- Organizations, Corporate and Work -- Organizations, Voluntary and Special-Interest -- Outsider Art -- Ozarks -- P -- Paper Arts -- Parades -- Pennsylvania Culture Region -- Pennsylvania German Communities -- Pentecostals -- Performance Approach And Dramatic Arts -- Philadelphia -- Photography -- Picnics -- Pittsburgh -- Place and Space -- Polish Communities -- Polka -- Popular Culture -- Portuguese-Speaking Communities -- Potlatch -- Pottery -- Powwowing -- Prisoners -- Proverbs and Sayings -- Psychobilly -- Psychology -- Public Folklife -- Puerto Rican Communities -- Punk -- Q -- Quakers -- Queens, Borough of -- Quilting -- R -- Railroaders -- Rangeley Lakes Region -- Recreational Vehicle Communities -- Region -- Religion -- Reunions -- Riddles and Riddling -- Rio Grande Border Region -- Rituals and Rites -- Rocky Mountain Cultural Region -- Rugs and Rug Making -- Russian Communities
Abstract:
Saddles and Saddlemaking -- Sailors -- Saint Louis -- San Diego -- San Francisco -- Santa Fe -- Scottish Communities -- Senegalese Communities -- September 11th -- Serbian Communities -- Shakers -- Shenandoah Valley Region -- Showers, Wedding and Baby -- Shrines and Crosses, Roadside -- Shrines and Memorials, Spontaneous and Vernacular -- Sicilian Communities -- Sikhs -- Skateboarders -- Skinheads -- Slovak Communities -- Snake Handling Sects -- Soldiers -- South Asian Communities -- South, The -- Southeastern Indians -- Southwest -- Southwest Indians -- Spiritualists -- Sport Teams -- Steelworkers -- Stone -- Storytelling -- Straight Edge -- Students -- Suburbs -- Supernatural -- Swedish Communities -- Symbol and Structure -- Taxi Drivers -- Texas -- Text -- Thanksgiving -- Tibetans -- Toasts and Dozens -- Tradition and Culture -- Trial Lawyers -- Truckers -- Tulsa -- Twelve-Step Groups -- Ukrainian Communities -- Unions -- Urban Folklife -- Vietnamese Communities -- Visual Culture -- Voodoo and Santeria -- Washington, D.C. -- Weddings and Marriage -- West African Communities -- Wiccans -- Wiregrass Region -- Women -- Wood -- Wrestling, Professional -- Zydeco
Abstract:
This fascinating encyclopedia explores the rich and varied cultural traditions of folklife in America -- from barn raisings to the Internet, tattoos, and Zydeco -- through expressions that include ritual, custom, crafts, architecture, food, clothing, and art
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
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