Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 210 pages) : illustrations, map |
Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Author's Note to Paperback Edition; Preface; Illustration Credits; Prologue; CHAPTER ONE: Part of You Is in a Carving; CHAPTER TWO: Bet You Don't Know How I Made This; CHAPTER THREE: How Do You Figure It, That Darn Stuff?; Epilogue; Ten Years Later; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W |
Summary |
Chains carved from a single block of wood, cages whittled with wooden balls rattling inside -- all ""made with just a pocketknife""--Are among our most enduring folk designs. Who makes them and why? what is their history? what do they mean for their makers, for their viewers, for our society? Simon J. Bronner portrays four wood carvers in southern Indiana, men who had been transplanted from the rural landscapes of their youth to industrial towns. After retiring, they took up a skill they remembered from childhood. Bronner discusses how creativity helped these men adjust to change and how vie |
Analysis |
Chains Folklore |
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Folk art Indiana Psychological aspects |
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Wood-carvers Indiana Interviews |
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Wood-carving Indiana Psychological aspects |
Notes |
A new and updated ed. of: Chain carvers : Lexington, Kentucky, 1985 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-203) and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Subject |
Wood-carvers -- Indiana -- Interviews
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Wood-carving -- Indiana -- Psychological aspects
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Folk art -- Indiana -- Psychological aspects
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Chains -- Folklore
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CRAFTS & HOBBIES -- Carving.
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Chains
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Folk art -- Psychological aspects
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Wood-carvers
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Wood-carving -- Psychological aspects
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Holzschnitzer
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Biografie
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Holzschnitzerei
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Erlebnisbericht
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Houtsnijkunst.
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Sculpture sur bois -- États-Unis -- Indiana.
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Indiana
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Indiana
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Genre/Form |
Folklore
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Interviews
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Bronner, Simon J.
Chain carvers
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ISBN |
9780813147864 |
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0813147867 |
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