Song and dance style--viewed as nonverbal communications about culture--are here related to social structure and cultural history. Patterns of performance, them

"[This book] is a contribution of considerable substance because it takes a holistic view of the field of folk music and the scholarship that has dealt with it.

This book interweaves an examination of Vietnamese folk culture, cultural nationalism, and cultural heritage since 1945 with an ethnographic account of the chan

To illuminate the significance of "poplore" in contemporary culture, Bluestein shows how Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Jean Ritchie, and other artists have creati

Song and dance style--viewed as nonverbal communications about culture--are here relatedto social structure and cultural history. Patterns of performance, theme