Explaining traditions [electronic resource] : folk behavior in modern culture / Simon J. Bronner.
Bronner, Simon J.
2011
GR105 .B666 2011eb
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Title Explaining traditions [electronic resource] : folk behavior in modern culture / Simon J. Bronner.
Author Bronner, Simon J.
ISBN 9780813134079 (electronic bk.)
9780813134062
Imprint Lexington, KY : University Press of Kentucky, c2011.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xiii, 530 p.) : ill.
Call Number GR105 .B666 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 398.20973
Summary 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 for the continuing significance of traditions, delving into their social and psychological roles in everyday life, from old-time crafts to folk creativity on the Internet. Challenging prevailing notions of tradition as a relic of the past, Explaining Traditions provides deep insight into the nuances and purposes of living traditions in relation to modernity. Bronner's work forces readers to examine their own traditions and imparts a better understanding of raging controversies over the sustainability of traditions in the modern world.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Defining tradition: on the meaning and politics of a "handy" concept
Explaining tradition: on folk and folkloristic logic
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Making tradition: on craft in American consciousness
Adapting tradition: on folklore in human development
Fading tradition: on a dying language and lore
Personalizing tradition: on storytelling by an African American father and son
Symbolizing tradition: on the scatology of an ethnic identity
Sporting tradition: on the praxis of American football
Virtual tradition: on the Internet as a folk system.

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