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  • American Folklore Studies

    An Intellectual History

    by Simon J. Bronner ...
    Folklore. Washington Irving and Mark Twain used it in their fiction; Sigmund Freud and William James incorporated it into their work; Henry Ford and Franklin Roosevelt promoted it. Their efforts were set against the background of folklorists who brought collections of traditional tales, songs, and crafts to the attention of a modernizing society. The ideas of these folklorists influenced how ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Folk Nation

    Folklore in the Creation of American Tradition

    by Simon J. Bronner ...
    Series series American Visions: Readings in American Culture
    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 ... Read more

    $40.49 USD

  • Americanness

    Inquiries into the Thought and Culture of the United States

    by Simon J. Bronner ...
    Americanness: Inquiries into the Thought and Culture of the United States analyzes several core themes that connect Americans because of, and despite, their pronounced diversity.The book investigates shared ideas and ideals, such as individualism, mobility, materialism, and future-orientation, that drive an overarching American worldview. Simon J. Bronner begins with ideas of space and time as ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • Jewish Cultural Studies

    by Simon J. Bronner ...
    Series series Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology
    Defines the distinctive field of Jewish cultural studies and its basis in folkloristic, psychological, and ethnological approaches.Jewish Cultural Studies charts the contours and boundaries of Jewish cultural studies and the issues of Jewish culture that make it so intriguing—and necessary—not only for Jews but also for students of identity, ethnicity, and diversity generally. In addition to ... Read more

    $39.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Carver's Art

    Crafting Meaning from Wood

    by Simon J. Bronner ...
    Chains carved from a single block of wood, cages whittled with wooden balls rattling inside—all "made with just a pocketknife"—are among our most enduring folk designs. Who makes them and why? what is their history? what do they mean for their makers, for their viewers, for our society? Simon J. Bronner portrays four wood carvers in southern Indiana, men who had been transplanted from the rural ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Folklore and Ethnology of the Modern World

    A Theory of Cultural Engagement

    by Simon J. Bronner ...
    In Folklore and Ethnology of the Modern World, Simon Bronner identifies “cultural engagements” that people use to reconcile tradition and modernity and confront the anxieties of the present by bringing together the past, often represented by tradition, and the immediate digital, unreal future. These socially bounded, symbol-laden practices integrate ritual, play, narrative, and object with the ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Explaining Traditions

    Folk Behavior in Modern Culture

    by Simon J. Bronner ...
    Series series Material Worlds
    Why do humans hold onto traditions? Many pundits predicted that modernization and the rise of a mass culture would displace traditions, especially in America, but cultural practices still bear out the importance of rituals and customs in the development of identity, heritage, and community. In Explaining Traditions: Folk Behavior in Modern Culture, Simon J. Bronner discusses the underlying reasons ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • Greater Harrisburg's Jewish Community

    by Simon J. Bronner ...
    Series series Images of America
    The Jewish community of Greater Harrisburg became established after 1825, mostly by German immigrants who took up peddling and clothing trades. They were attracted inland from East Coast cities to Harrisburg, the growing upriver hub of trade that became Pennsylvania�s state capital in 1812. The community grew to 600 residents by the end of the 19th century and drew attention for a level of civic ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Campus Traditions

    Folklore from the Old-Time College to the Modern Mega-University

    by Simon J. Bronner ...
    From their beginnings, campuses emerged as hotbeds of traditions and folklore. American college students inhabit a culture with its own slang, stories, humor, beliefs, rituals, and pranks. Simon J. Bronner takes a long, engaging look at American campus life and how it is shaped by students and at the same time shapes the values of all who pass through it. The archetypes of absent-minded profs, ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • The Practice of Folklore

    Essays toward a Theory of Tradition

    by Simon J. Bronner ...
    Winner of the 2020 Chicago Folklore PrizeCHOICE Outstanding Academic Title for 2020Despite predictions that commercial mass culture would displace customs of the past, traditions firmly abound, often characterized as folklore. In The Practice of Folklore: Essays toward a Theory of Tradition, author Simon J. Bronner works with theories of cultural practice to explain the social and psychological ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Campus Traditions

    Folklore from the Old-Time College to the Modern Mega-University

    by Simon J. Bronner ...
    From their beginnings, campuses emerged as hotbeds of traditions and folklore. American college students inhabit a culture with its own slang, stories, humor, beliefs, rituals, and pranks. Simon J. Bronner takes a long, engaging look at American campus life and how it is shaped by students and at the same time shapes the values of all who pass through it. The archetypes of absent-minded profs, ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Grasping Things

    Folk Material Culture and Mass Society in America

    by Simon J. Bronner ...
    America stocks its shelves with mass-produced goods but fills its imagination with handmade folk objects. In Pennsylvania, the "back to the city" housing movement causes a conflict of cultures. In Indiana, an old tradition of butchering turtles for church picnics evokes both pride and loathing among residents. In New York, folk-art exhibits raise choruses of adoration and protest. These are a few ... Read more

    $31.49 USD