{"product_id":"south-florida-folklife-tina-bucuvalas-9780878056606","title":"South Florida Folklife","description":"South Florida summons tropical vacationland images--gleaming beaches, exotic foods, colorful costumes, and grand hotels. Yet beyond this facade teems a rich folklife that is the subject of this alluring book. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The three collaborating authors present south Florida folklife from the 1930s to the present in four parts: the Everglades and Gulf Coast, the Miami megalopolis, the Keys, and the seasonal residents and tourists. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Together, these create a mosaic of contrasts. South Florida embraces extravagant wealth and heartbreaking poverty, constant evolution and solid tradition, tropical peace and devastating storms, settled generations and the newest Americans. It is a folk region identified not by physical or political boundaries, but by its hot, sultry climate and the many people who interact with the land and with one another. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eSouth Florida Folklife\u003c\/i\u003e explores the area for the first time from a folklorist's perspective and firmly establishes it as a microcosm of the United States, an enticing example of the human diversity that characterizes life in this country.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tina Bucuvalas, Peggy A. Bulger, Stetson Kennedy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0878056602\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780878056606\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.08h x 7.10w x 0.68d","brand":"Tina Bucuvalas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46640572530943,"sku":"9780878056606","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_277c1fb6-db90-4b4e-b504-a317e5ae763d.jpg?v=1740669987","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/south-florida-folklife-tina-bucuvalas-9780878056606","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}