Author Name: Bronner, Simon J.
Title: Grasping Things: Folk Material Culture and Mass Society in America
Binding: Soft Cover
Book Condition: Very Good
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Publisher: Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.A. University Press of Kentucky 1992
ISBN Number: 0813108128 / 9780813108124
Seller ID: 007BRONN-0001
247 pages. Book is in Very Good condition - edge wear including light creasing at corners; stain on front fly leaf near lower edge; page edges a little dirty. Spine is not creased; binding is tight; pages are clean. From the cover: "Bronner moves us past the usual discussions of form and variety in America's folk material culture to explain historical influences on, and the social consequences of channeling folk culture into a mass soceity. Dividing his discussion into the major behaviors of material life - entering and arranging houses, making and using things, consuming and arranging foods and goods - Bronner takes examples from his fieldwork on the sidestreets and backroads of America. Here he finds personal Americas steeped in family, community, and spirit - Americas whose meaning lie in their relation to the larger body politic." Gift wrap and gift card available.
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