Folk Nation : Folklore in the Creation of American Tradition

Explores the intellectual & cultural uses of folkness to cultivate the idea of an Amer. nation & people. Contains essays by scholars from the 19th cent. to the current era that trace the thinking about folklore, & the related concept of folklife, as the common ground in which roots of tradition could be planted. Contents: In Search of Amer. Tradition; The Black Folklore Mvmt. at Hampton Inst.; Quilts as Emblems of Women's Tradition; Amer. Folk Song; Folk Arts by Immigrants; Folksongs of Protest; Folklore & Amer. Regionalism; Culture Conflict Along the Lower Rio Grande; Life Styles & Legends; Toward a Behavioral History Based on Folkloristics; Folklife in Contemp. Multicultural Society; & Folk & Popular Cultures in America's Future.Bronner, Simon J. is the author of 'Folk Nation : Folklore in the Creation of American Tradition', published 2005 under ISBN 9780756795979 and ISBN 0756795974.