ISBN:
9780765680525
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (1469 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Encyclopedia of American Folklife
DDC:
398.0973/03
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
American folklife is steeped in world cultures, or invented as new culture, always evolving, yet often practiced as it was created many years or even centuries ago. 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. Featuring more than 350 A-Z entries, ""Encyclopedia of American Folklife"" is wide-ranging and inclusive. Entries cover major cities and urban centers; new and established immig
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Topic Finder; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Volume 1; 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 Region; Bluegrass Music; Blues; Body Modification and Tattooing
Description / Table of Contents:
Bodybuilders and Weight LiftersBosnian 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 and Lowcountry South Carolina; 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
Description / Table of Contents:
ConsumerismContext; Courtship; Cowboys; Craft; Creoles, Louisiana; Croatian Communities; Croatians, Louisiana; Cuban Communities; Cults and Rumor-Panics, Satanic; Cultural Register; Czech Communities; Dance, Liturgical; Dance, Secular; Danish Communities; Deaf Communities; Death and Funerals; Delmarva and the Eastern Shore Region; Delta, Mississippi River; Denver; Des Moines; Detroit; Dialect; Dialect Stories; Dominican Communities; Drama; Dress and Costume; Easter; Eastern Orthodox Christians; Education; El Paso; Environment; Estonian Communities; Ethnic and Immigrant Folklife
Description / Table of Contents:
Ethnography and FieldworkVolume 2; Family; Fans, Automobile Racing; Fans, Extreme Metal; Fans, Heavy Metal; Farmers; Feminism; Fetishes; Filipino Communities; Film and Video; Finnish Communities; 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; Fourth of July and Juneteenth; Franco-American Communities; Fraternal Organizations; French Canadian Communities; Function and Functionalism; Gamblers and Gambling; Games, Drinking; Games and Toys
Description / Table of Contents:
GangsGangs, Youth; Gardens and Gardening; Gay Communities; Gay Fire Island; Gay San Francisco; Geography; German Communities; Germans, Great Plains; Gestures; Gospel Music; Goths; Gravemarkers; Great Plains Indians; Great Plains Region; Greek Communities; Grottoes; Guam; Gullah, or Geechee, Communities; Hair; Haitian Communities; Halloween; Hare Krishna; Harlem; Hasidim and Misnagidim (Haredim); Hawaiians, Native; Healing, Faith; Healing and Medicine; Hillbillies; Hindus; Hip-Hop; History and Heritage; Hmong Communities; Holidays; Hospitals; Houses; Houston; Humor; Hungarian Communities
Description / Table of Contents:
Hunting
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
