Folklife and Museums: Twenty-First Century Perspectives

By: Kurst Dewhurst

Book Overview

This cutting-edge new book is the replacement for Folklife and Museums: Selected Readings which was published nearly thirty years ago in 1987.

The editors of that volume, Patricia Hall and Charlie Seemann, are now joined by C. Kurt Dewhurst as a third editor, for this book which includes updates to the still-relevant and classic essays and articles from the earlier text and features new pioneering pieces by some of today's most outstanding scholars and practitioners, to provide a more current overview of the field and addressing contemporary issues.

Folklife and Museums: Twenty-First Century Perspectives is a brand new collection of cutting-edge essays that combine theoretical insights, practical applications, topical case studies (focusing on particular subject matter areas and specific cultural groups), accompanied by up-to-date "resources" and "suggested readings" sections. Each essay is preceded by an explanatory headnote contextualizing the essay and includes illustrative photographs.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442272929
• ISBN13: 9781442272927
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 478 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.9" x 8.8"