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1 online resource (xx, 480 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
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The new encyclopedia of Southern culture ; v. 23 |
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New encyclopedia of Southern culture ; v. 23.
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| Summary |
Folk art is one of the American South's most significant areas of creative achievement, and this comprehensive yet accessible reference details that achievement from the sixteenth century through the present. This volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture explores the many forms of aesthetic expression that have characterized southern folk art, including the work of self-taught artists, as well as the South's complex relationship to national patterns of folk art collecting. Fifty-two thematic essays examine subjects ranging from colonial portraiture, Moravian material culture, and sou |
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One of a series of volumes that build upon the original 24 subject categories used in the Encyclopedia of Southern culture, originally published in 1989 |
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"Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Folk art -- Southern States -- History
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Art, American -- Southern States -- Encyclopedias
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ART -- Folk & Outsider Art.
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CRAFTS & HOBBIES -- Folkcrafts.
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ART -- Reference.
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Art, American
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Folk art
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Southern States
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encyclopedias.
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Encyclopedias
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History
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Encyclopedias.
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Encyclopédies.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Crown, Carol, editor.
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Rivers, Cheryl, 1949- editor.
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Wilson, Charles Reagan, editor.
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Thomas, James G., Jr., editor.
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Abadie, Ann J., editor.
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University of Mississippi. Center for the Study of Southern Culture, sponsoring body.
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| LC no. |
2012473073 |
| ISBN |
9781469608006 |
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1469608006 |
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9781469607993 |
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1469607999 |
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