Explaining Traditions: Folk Behavior in Modern Culture by Bronner, Simon J.

Explaining Traditions: Folk Behavior in Modern Culture (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780813165868)

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Explaining Traditions: Folk Behavior in Modern Culture by Bronner, Simon J.

Explaining Traditions: Folk Behavior in Modern Culture

$35.00
Explaining Traditions: Folk Behavior in Modern Culture by Bronner, Simon J.

Explaining Traditions: Folk Behavior in Modern Culture

$35.00
Format: Paperback
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Why do humans hold onto traditions? Many pundits predicted that modernization and the rise of a mass culture would displace traditions, especially in America, but cultural practices still bear out the importance of rituals and customs in the development of identity, heritage, and community. In Explaining Traditions: Folk Behavior in Modern Culture, Simon J. Bronner discusses the underlying reasons for the continuing significance of traditions, delving into their social and psychological roles in

Author: Simon J. Bronner
ISBN-10: 0813165865
ISBN-13: 9780813165868
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Language: English
Published: 08/20/2015
Pages: 546
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.75lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.22d
By Simon J. Bronner
By Simon J. Bronner
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Simon J. Bronner, Distinguished University Professor of American Studies and Folklore and director of the American Studies doctoral program at Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, is the author of more than a dozen books, including Grasping Things: Folk Material Culture and Mass Society in America and Killing Tradition: Inside Hunting and Animal Rights Controversies. He lives in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

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