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Exploring Folk Art

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Michael Owen Jones
1993
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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.

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pp. v-vi
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pp. vii-viii
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pp. 1-10
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Part One: Making Things
pp. 13-40
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pp. 41-56
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Part Two: Sensory Experiences
pp. 59-80
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pp. 81-96
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pp. 97-106
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Part Three: Art at Work
pp. 109-118
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pp. 119-132
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pp. 133-158
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Part Four: Methods and Concepts
pp. 161-176
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pp. 177-186
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pp. 187-196
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pp. 197-204
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pp. 205-214
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pp. 215-219
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