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- Exploring Folk Art
- Book
- 1993
- Published by: Utah State University Press
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summary
Jones explores the human impulse to create, the necessity for having aesthetically satisfying experiences, and the craving for tradition. He also considers topics such as making chairs, remodeling houses, using and preserving soda-fountain slang, preparing and eating food, and sculpting lifelike figures out of cement.
Table of Contents
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- Part One: Making Things
- Part Two: Sensory Experiences
- Part Three: Art at Work
- Part Four: Methods and Concepts
- 10. The Material Culture of Corporate Life
- pp. 177-186
- References
- pp. 205-214
Additional Information
ISBN
9780874213805
Related ISBN(s)
9780874211658
MARC Record
OCLC
751695341
Pages
227
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
Yes
Creative Commons
CC-BY-NC-ND
Copyright
1993
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