Papers by Catherine Kerst
American folklife" through programs of research, documentation, archival preservation, reference ... more American folklife" through programs of research, documentation, archival preservation, reference service, live performance, exhibition, and publication.' The Center incorporates the Library's Archive of Folk Culture (AFC), originally founded in 1928 as a repository for American folk music. Today, the Archive's multi-format, ethnographic field collections are diverse and international, including over three million photographs, manuscripts, sound recordings, and moving images documenting traditional music and culture.
This annotated bibliography lists over 220 multidisciplinary Ph.D. dissertations written between ... more This annotated bibliography lists over 220 multidisciplinary Ph.D. dissertations written between 1960 and 1980 on the subject of indigenous and immigrant ethnic folklife in the United States and Canada. Only dissertations providing substantial attention to traditional forms of ethnic folk culture in context were considered. The concept of "folklife" governing the selection process was guided by the definition used in. the American Folklife Preservation Act (P.L. 94-201) which states that folklife is "the traditional expressive culture shared within the various groups...familial, ethnic, occupational, religious, regional; expressive culture includes a wide range of creative and symbolic forms such as custom, belief, technical skill, language, literature, art, architec+ure, music, play, dance, drama, ritual, pageantry, handicraft; these expressions are mainly learned orally, by imitation, or in performance, and are generally maintained without benefit of formal instruction or institutional direction." Dissertations are organized alphabetically by the author's last name. Each entry includes author's name, complete dissertation title, name of university granting the Ph.D., academic department/field for which the dissertaion was written, year the degree was granted, pagination, order number from University Microfilms International, abstract citation, bibliographic reference to published edition (when applicable), and condensed version of author's abstract. (NEC)
Western Folklore, Oct 1, 2008
Reviewed by Mark Metzler Sawin Asa fifth-generation Latter-day Saint from the dusty lands southwe... more Reviewed by Mark Metzler Sawin Asa fifth-generation Latter-day Saint from the dusty lands southwest J~\. of Salt Lake City, anthropologist Janet Bennion, who has written extensively about women's roles in contemporary polygynous societies, begins this study of the Chihuahua fundamentalist colonies by explaining that she, too, is "a desert rat." As such, she relates to the subjects of her book Desert Patriarchy as both an insider and an outsider. Referencing Clifford Geertz's Balinese cockfight, she explains that her methodology is
This multicultural teaching unit was developed and tested with the firs: grade classes of Glenhav... more This multicultural teaching unit was developed and tested with the firs: grade classes of Glenhaven Elementary School, Wheaton, Maryland. The lessons focus on bread as a common food in the world but explores the many types of bread and its symbolism. The unit is divided into four parts.
This multicultural teaching unit was developed and tested with the firs: grade classes of Glenhav... more This multicultural teaching unit was developed and tested with the firs: grade classes of Glenhaven Elementary School, Wheaton, Maryland. The lessons focus on bread as a common food in the world but explores the many types of bread and its symbolism. The unit is divided into four parts.
This multicultural teaching unit was developed and tested with the firs: grade classes of Glenhav... more This multicultural teaching unit was developed and tested with the firs: grade classes of Glenhaven Elementary School, Wheaton, Maryland. The lessons focus on bread as a common food in the world but explores the many types of bread and its symbolism. The unit is divided into four parts.
This annotated bibliography lists over 220 multidisciplinary Ph.D. dissertations written between ... more This annotated bibliography lists over 220 multidisciplinary Ph.D. dissertations written between 1960 and 1980 on the subject of indigenous and immigrant ethnic folklife in the United States and Canada. Only dissertations providing substantial attention to traditional forms of ethnic folk culture in context were considered. The concept of "folklife" governing the selection process was guided by the definition used in. the American Folklife Preservation Act (P.L. 94-201) which states that folklife is "the traditional expressive culture shared within the various groups...familial, ethnic, occupational, religious, regional; expressive culture includes a wide range of creative and symbolic forms such as custom, belief, technical skill, language, literature, art, architec+ure, music, play, dance, drama, ritual, pageantry, handicraft; these expressions are mainly learned orally, by imitation, or in performance, and are generally maintained without benefit of formal instruction or institutional direction." Dissertations are organized alphabetically by the author's last name. Each entry includes author's name, complete dissertation title, name of university granting the Ph.D., academic department/field for which the dissertaion was written, year the degree was granted, pagination, order number from University Microfilms International, abstract citation, bibliographic reference to published edition (when applicable), and condensed version of author's abstract. (NEC)
This annotated bibliography lists over 220 multidisciplinary Ph.D. dissertations written between ... more This annotated bibliography lists over 220 multidisciplinary Ph.D. dissertations written between 1960 and 1980 on the subject of indigenous and immigrant ethnic folklife in the United States and Canada. Only dissertations providing substantial attention to traditional forms of ethnic folk culture in context were considered. The concept of "folklife" governing the selection process was guided by the definition used in. the American Folklife Preservation Act (P.L. 94-201) which states that folklife is "the traditional expressive culture shared within the various groups...familial, ethnic, occupational, religious, regional; expressive culture includes a wide range of creative and symbolic forms such as custom, belief, technical skill, language, literature, art, architec+ure, music, play, dance, drama, ritual, pageantry, handicraft; these expressions are mainly learned orally, by imitation, or in performance, and are generally maintained without benefit of formal instruction or institutional direction." Dissertations are organized alphabetically by the author's last name. Each entry includes author's name, complete dissertation title, name of university granting the Ph.D., academic department/field for which the dissertaion was written, year the degree was granted, pagination, order number from University Microfilms International, abstract citation, bibliographic reference to published edition (when applicable), and condensed version of author's abstract. (NEC)
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