Folklife and museums : twenty-first-century perspectives / edited by C. Kurt Dewhurst, Patricia Hall, and Charlie Seemann.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dewhurst, C. Kurt, editor.

Hall, Patricia, editor.

Seemann, Charlie, editor.

Series:

American Association for State and Local History book series.

American Association for State and Local History book series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Folklore.

Historical museums--United States.

Historical museums.

Ethnological museums and collections--United States.

Ethnological museums and collections.

Material culture--Collection and preservation.

Material culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (479 pages) : color illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017]

Summary:

This cutting-edge new book is the replacement for Folklife and Museums: Selected Readings which was published nearly thirty years ago in 1987. The editors of that volume, Patricia Hall and Charlie Seemann, are now joined by C. Kurt Dewhurst as a third editor, for this book which includes updates to the still-relevant and classic essays and articles from the earlier text and features new pioneering pieces by some of today's most outstanding scholars and practitioners, to provide a more current overview of the field and addressing contemporary issues. Folklife and Museums: Twenty-First Century Perspectives is a brand new collection of cutting-edge essays that combine theoretical insights, practical applications, topical case studies (focusing on particular subject matter areas and specific cultural groups), accompanied by up-to-date "resources" and "suggested readings" sections. Each essay is preceded by an explanatory headnote contextualizing the essay and includes illustrative photographs.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 7, 2016).

ISBN:

979-82-16-23806-5

1-4422-7293-7