The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture Volume 23: Folk Art |
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| Editor:
| Crown, Carol
Rivers, Cheryl |
| General Editor:
| Wilson, Charles Reagan |
| Series title: | The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8078-7174-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2013 |
| Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $80.99AUD $50.00 |
Book Description:
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Folk art is one of the American South's most significant areas of creative achievement, and this comprehensive yet accessible reference details that achievement from the sixteenth century to the present. This volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture explores the many forms of aesthetic expression that have characterised southern folk art, including the work of self-taught artists, as well as the South's complex relationship to national patterns of folk art collecting.
Folk art is one of the American South's most significant areas of creative achievement, and this comprehensive yet accessible reference details that achievement from the sixteenth century to the present. This volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture explores the many forms of aesthetic expression that have characterised southern folk art, including the work of self-taught artists, as well as the South's complex relationship to national patterns of folk art collecting.