ISBN:
9780773535367
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (394 p)
Edition:
New Introduction
Series Statement:
Carleton Library Series v.212
Series Statement:
Carleton Library Ser v.212
Parallel Title:
Print version Quest of the Folk : Antimodernism and Cultural Selection in Twentieth-Century Nova Scotia
DDC:
306.409716
Keywords:
Culture and tourism ; Nova Scotia
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Folklore ; Nova Scotia
;
Folklorists ; Nova Scotia
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Nova Scotia ; Social life and customs
;
Tourism ; Social aspects ; Nova Scotia
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Debunking the myth of Nova Scotians as "simple folk.".
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword to the Carleton Library Series Edition -- Prologue: A Postcard from the "Shore of Songs -- 1 The Idea of the Folk -- 2 Helen Creighton and the Rise of Folklore -- 3 Mary Black and the Invention of Handicrafts -- 4 "O, So True & Real Like the Sea & the Rocks": The Folk and the Pursuit of the Simple Life -- 5 The Folk under Conditions of Postmodernity -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Z.
Description / Table of Contents:
""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Foreword to the Carleton Library Series Edition""; ""Prologue: A Postcard from the ""Shore of Songs""""; ""1 The Idea of the Folk""; ""2 Helen Creighton and the Rise of Folklore""; ""3 Mary Black and the Invention of Handicrafts""; ""4 ""O, So True & Real Like the Sea & the Rocks"": The Folk and the Pursuit of the Simple Life""; ""5 The Folk under Conditions of Postmodernity""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""
Description / Table of Contents:
""U""""W""; ""Z""
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
