Reflections on the Folklife Festival
, by Bauman, Richard; Sawin, Patricia; Carpenter, Inta Gale; Anderson, RichardNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9781879407022 | 1879407027
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 7/1/1992
This first ethnographic study of a folklife festival focuses on festival participants -- the dancers, musicians, storytellers, and artisans at a public display of folk culture. These essays investigate the contention by supporters of these events that this form of folkloric representation is as intellectually legitimate as scholarly research.