Zum Hauptinhalt springen Zur Suche springen Zur Hauptnavigation springen
Beschreibung

John A. Burrison is Regents Professor of English and Director of the Folklore Curriculum at Georgia State University in Atlanta. He is the author of numerous books, including From Mud to Jug: The Folk Potters and Pottery of Northeast Georgia and Roots of a Region: Southern Folk Culture.

John A. Burrison is Regents Professor of English and Director of the Folklore Curriculum at Georgia State University in Atlanta. He is the author of numerous books, including From Mud to Jug: The Folk Potters and Pottery of Northeast Georgia and Roots of a Region: Southern Folk Culture.

Über den Autor

John A. Burrison is Regents Professor of English and Director of the Folklore Curriculum at Georgia State University in Atlanta. He is the author of numerous books, including From Mud to Jug: The Folk Potters and Pottery of Northeast Georgia and Roots of a Region: Southern Folk Culture.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. International Folk Pottery: A Brief Primer
2. Monuments to Clay: Public Markers of Craft Identity
3. The Human Image: Face Jugs and Other People-Pots
4. The Sincerest Form of Flattery: Cross-Cultural Imitations
5. A Clay Menagerie: The Animal World in Ceramics
6. Idols with Feet of Clay: Ceramics and World Religions
7. Returning to Clay: Death and the Afterlife
8. The Last Folk Potters?: Prognosis for the Future
Suggested Reading
Index

Details
Empfohlen (von): 22
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Fachbereich: Grenzwissenschaften
Genre: Importe
Produktart: Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik: Esoterik & Anthroposophie
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Einband - fest (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780253031884
ISBN-10: 0253031885
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Burrison, John A
Hersteller: Indiana University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 261 x 210 x 30 mm
Von/Mit: John A Burrison
Erscheinungsdatum: 04.12.2017
Gewicht: 1,334 kg
Artikel-ID: 109024137