Torching the Fink Books and Other Essays on Vernacular Culture

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Univ of North Carolina Press, 2001 - 242 Seiten
Archie Green--shipwright, folklorist, teacher, and lobbyist--is a legendary figure in the field of American folklore and vernacular culture studies. An inspiration to a generation of students and scholars, Green is known for the remarkable passion, intell
 

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AN ONTHEJOB ETYMOLOGY
iii
SOURCE AND SYMBOL
x
Laborlore
19
A Folklorists Creed and Folksingers Gift
23
WORDS IN COLLISION
38
Tom Bentons Folk Depictions
80
The Archives Shores
106
Stitching Patchwork in Public
123
Remembering Jack Fitch Pile Butt and Artist on Labor Day 1994
143
Kelly Girl
148
Torching the Fink Books
150
Peter Tamony 19021985
155
LOOKING BACK
171
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ARCHIE GREEN S WRITINGS 19592000
189
INDEX
205
Urheberrecht

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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen

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Autoren-Profil (2001)

Archie Green (1917-2009) was a sixty-year member of the Shipwrights Union, a retired professor of folklore and English at the University of Texas at Austin, and the author of numerous books on labor lore, language, music, and art. He was also a driving force behind passage of the American Folklife Preservation Act of 1976.

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TitelTorching the Fink Books and Other Essays on Vernacular Culture
Autor/inArchie Green
Ausgabeillustriert
VerlagUniv of North Carolina Press, 2001
ISBN0807849200, 9780807849200
Länge242 Seiten
  
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