Bibliograph

The new encyclopedia of Southern culture, Carol Crown & Cheryl Rivers, volume editors ; Charles Reagan Wilson, general editor ; James G. Thomas Jr., managing editor ; Ann J. Abadie, associate editor, Volume 23

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The new encyclopedia of Southern culture, Carol Crown & Cheryl Rivers, volume editors ; Charles Reagan Wilson, general editor ; James G. Thomas Jr., managing editor ; Ann J. Abadie, associate editor, Volume 23

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The new encyclopedia of Southern culture

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

845257795

Responsibility statement

Carol Crown & Cheryl Rivers, volume editors ; Charles Reagan Wilson, general editor ; James G. Thomas Jr., managing editor ; Ann J. Abadie, associate editor

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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Folk art

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