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American Folklife (All periods)Communities, Cultures, and Identity Groups Edited by Simon J. Bronner Includes: Topic Finder, A-Z entries, illustrations, master bibliography Awards: Editors’ Choice, Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Reviews: “This set is the most comprehensive reference source on this topic and its many subfields. No other title compares to its reach. Essential. All levels.” Choice “Each entry is thorough in coverage and concludes with a list of sources and cross references. ... [T]his reference work is distinct in offering the most comprehensive coverage of these subjects. Suitable for public and academic libraries.” Library Journal “Reference collections in academic and large public libraries will benefit from the addition of the Encyclopedia of American Folklife. ... Highly recommended.” Booklist starred review “With accessible essays, suggestions for further research, and separate geographical, cultural group and subject indexes, this guide will serve students from high school through college.” Gale Reference Reviews “The entries are well written and objective.... Each article has good cross-referencing and a bibliography.... This encyclopedia captures much of what is unique, diverse, and occasionally quirky about American culture. It provides a wealth of information that is not easily found in other sources.” School Library Journal Description: 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 and the Internet to tattoos and Zydeco—and 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 broadly inclusive. Entries cover major cities and urban centers; new and established immigrant groups as well as Native Americans; U.S. states and territories, including Guam and Samoa; social issues, such as education and intellectual property; and expressions of material culture, such as homes, dress, food, and crafts. The encyclopedia covers notable folklife areas as well as general regional categories. It addresses religious groups and the diversity within them, such as the Amish and Jews), diverse age groups (from children and youth gangs to retirees), and contemporary folk groups (skateboarders and psychobillies)—placing all of them in the vivid tapestry of American folklife. Beyond that, this rich resource also provides in-depth insights into the basic concepts and theories of folklife in entries such as “community and group” and “tradition and culture.” A list of sources with each article and a master bibliography provide a starting point for further research. Contents: Introduction 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 Bodybuilders and Weight Lifters 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 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 Consumerism Context 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 Ethnography and Fieldwork 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 Gangs Gangs, 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 Hunting Hutterites Intellectual Property and Traditional Knowledge Internet Irish, Boston Irish, Chicago Irish Communities Italian Communities Italian Community, Detroit Japanese Communities Japantowns Jewish Communities Jews, Crypto- and Protestant Millennialism Korean Communities Ku Klux Klan Landscape Lao Communities Las Vegas Latvian Communities Legends Lithuanian Communities Little Egypt Little Havana Little League Baseball and Youth Sports Organizations Little Sweden Loggers, Maine Los Angeles Love Feast Lumbering Lutherans 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 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 Occupational Folklife Old German Baptist Brethren Old Order River Brethren Old-Age Communities Old-Time Music Oral and Folk History Organization, Corporate and Work Organizations, Voluntary and Special Interest Outsider Art Ozarks 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 Quakers Queens, Borough of Quilting 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 Saddles and Saddle Making Sailors Saint Louis San Diego San Francisco Bay Area Santa Fe Scottish Communities Senegalese Communities September 11th Serbian, Slovenian, and Montenegrin 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, The South Asian Communities Southeastern Indians Southwest Southwestern Indians Spiritualists Sports 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 Truck Drivers (Long-Haul Truckers) Tulsa Twelve-Step Groups Ukrainian Communities Unions Urban Folklife Vietnamese Communities Visual Culture Voodoo and SanterÍa Washington, D.C. Weddings and Marriage West African Communities Wiccans Wiregrass Region Women Wood Wrestling, Professional Zydeco
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