Exploring folk art twenty years of thought on craft, work, and aesthetics
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...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Logan, Utah :
Utah State University Press
[1993], c1987.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009430343706719 |
| Sumario: | 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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| Notas: | Originally published: Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI Research Press, c1987, in series: American material culture and folklife. Masters of material culture. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (229 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-214) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780874213805 |
