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- catalog abstract ""In this innovative study, Gene Bluestein proposes that we revise our ideas about the meaning of folklore in the United States, beginning with our definition of what is "folk" and what is not. To this end, he advances the notion of "poplore" as more accurately reflective of the popular and commercial roots and dynamic, syncretic traditions of American democratic culture." "In making his case, Bluestein closely examines the folk ideology of Johann Gottfried Herder, whose theories of nationalism strongly influenced American scholars from Ralph Waldo Emerson and Walt Whitman to Constance Rourke and Alan Lomax. At the same time, he challenges the idea of "fakelore" popularized by Richard M. Dorson and his followers, a concept that assumes unchanging standards of what is genuinely or purely "folk."" "To illuminate the significance of "poplore" in contemporary culture, Bluestein shows how Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Jean Ritchie, and other artists have creatively adapted traditional folk materials in their work. The book also includes interviews with legendary banjo picker and singer Buell Kazee and founder of Folkways Records, Moe Asch."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b6989164.
- catalog coverage "United States Social life and customs.".
- catalog created "c1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "c1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
- catalog description ""In this innovative study, Gene Bluestein proposes that we revise our ideas about the meaning of folklore in the United States, beginning with our definition of what is "folk" and what is not. To this end, he advances the notion of "poplore" as more accurately reflective of the popular and commercial roots and dynamic, syncretic traditions of American democratic culture." "In making his case, Bluestein closely examines the folk ideology of Johann Gottfried Herder, whose theories of nationalism strongly influenced American scholars from Ralph Waldo Emerson and Walt Whitman to Constance Rourke and Alan Lomax. At the same time, he challenges the idea of "fakelore" popularized by Richard M. Dorson and his followers, a concept that assumes unchanging standards of what is genuinely or purely "folk."" "To illuminate the significance of "poplore" in contemporary culture, Bluestein shows how Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Jean Ritchie, and other artists have creatively adapted traditional folk materials in their work. The book also includes interviews with legendary banjo picker and singer Buell Kazee and founder of Folkways Records, Moe Asch."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-163) and index.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 167 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Poplore.".
- catalog identifier "0870239031 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "087023904X (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Poplore.".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "c1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press,".
- catalog relation "Poplore.".
- catalog spatial "United States Social life and customs.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "398/.0973 20".
- catalog subject "Folklore United States History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Folklore United States.".
- catalog subject "GR105 .B483 1994".
- catalog subject "Herder, Johann Gottfried, 1744-1803 Contributions in folklore.".
- catalog subject "Herder, Johann Gottfried, 1744-1803.".
- catalog subject "Popular culture United States.".
- catalog title "Poplore : folk and pop in American culture / Gene Bluestein.".
- catalog type "text".