| Reflections on the Folklife Festival: An Ethnography of Participant Experience Contributor(s): Bauman, Richard (Author), Sawin, Patricia (Author), Carpenter, Inta Gale (Author) |
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ISBN: 1879407027 ISBN-13: 9781879407022 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $12.82 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1992 Annotation: This first ethnographic study of a folklife festival focuses on festival participants--the dancers, musicians, storytellers, and artisans at a public display of folk culture. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Folklore & Mythology |
| Dewey: 394.26 |
| Series: Special Publications of the Folklore Institute |
| Physical Information: 0.17" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.23 lbs) 72 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This first ethnographic study of a folklife festival focuses on festival participants--the dancers, musicians, storytellers, and artisans at a public display of folk culture. These essays investigate the contention by supporters of these events that this form of folkloric representation is as intellectually legitimate as scholarly research. |