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Explaining Traditions: Folk Behavior in Modern Culture

Explaining Traditions: Folk Behavior in Modern Culture

Bronner, Simon J.

Paperback

Series: Material Worlds

Crafts GeneralAnthropologyMythology & Folklore

ISBN10: 0813165865
ISBN13: 9780813165868
Publisher: Univ Pr Of Kentucky
Published: Aug 20 2015
Pages: 546
Weight: 1.75
Height: 1.22 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Why do humans hold onto traditions? Many pundits predicted that modernization and the rise of a mass culture would displace traditions, especially in America, but cultural practices still bear out the importance of rituals and customs in the development of identity, heritage, and community. In Explaining Traditions: Folk Behavior in Modern Culture, Simon J. Bronner discusses the underlying reasons for the continuing significance of traditions, delving into their social and psychological roles in everyday life, from old-time crafts to folk creativity on the Internet. Challenging prevailing notions of tradition as a relic of the past, Explaining Traditions provides deep insight into the nuances and purposes of living traditions in relation to modernity. Bronner's work forces readers to examine their own traditions and imparts a better understanding of raging controversies over the sustainability of traditions in the modern world.

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