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Archie Green — shipwright, folklorist, teacher, and lobbyist — was a legendary figure in the field of American folklore and vernacular culture studies. An inspiration to a generation of students and scholars, Green was known for the remarkable passion, intelligence, and curiosity he brought to his explorations of everyday people, their communities, their work, and their forms of expression.
This book gathers twelve essays intended to represent the range of Green’s writings over forty years. Selections include a study of folk depictions in the art of Thomas Hart Benton, investigations of occupational and labor language, and a contemplative account of personal and political morality in the study of Appalachian musicians. In an afterword, Green traces his career and reflects on the state of folklore as a discipline.
Woven through the foreword by Robert Cantwell is Green’s biography, key to understanding his unique mix of activism and scholarship.
Editions of Torching the Fink Books and Other Essays on Vernacular Culture
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- ISBN 9780807826058
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- ISBN 9780807849200
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- ISBN 9780807875674
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- ISBN 9798890873330
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Archie Green — shipwright, folklorist, teacher, and lobbyist — was a legendary figure in the field of American folklore and vernacular culture studies. An inspiration to a generation of students and scholars, Green was known for the remarkable passion, intelligence, and curiosity he brought to his explorations of everyday people, their communities, their work, and their forms of expression.
This book gathers twelve essays intended to represent the range of Green’s writings over forty years. Selections include a study of folk depictions in the art of Thomas Hart Benton, investigations of occupational and labor language, and a contemplative account of personal and political morality in the study of Appalachian musicians. In an afterword, Green traces his career and reflects on the state of folklore as a discipline.
Woven through the foreword by Robert Cantwell is Green’s biography, key to understanding his unique mix of activism and scholarship.
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What is Torching the Fink Books and Other Essays on Vernacular Culture about?
Archie Green — shipwright, folklorist, teacher, and lobbyist — was a legendary figure in the field of American folklore and vernacular culture studies. An inspiration to a generation of students and scholars, Green was known for the remarkable passion, intelligence, and curiosity he brought to his explorations of everyday people, their communities, their work, and their forms of expression.
This book gathers twelve essays intended to represent the range of Green’s writings over forty years. Selections include a study of folk depictions in the art of Thomas Hart Benton, investigations of occupational and labor language, and a contemplative account of personal and political morality in the study of Appalachian musicians. In an afterword, Green traces his career and reflects on the state of folklore as a discipline.
Woven through the foreword by Robert Cantwell is Green’s biography, key to understanding his unique mix of activism and scholarship.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Torching the Fink Books and Other Essays on Vernacular Culture?
Society and Social Sciences > Society and culture: general > Popular beliefs > Folklore studies / Study of myth
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Torching the Fink Books and Other Essays on Vernacular Culture has 272 page(s)
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Torching the Fink Books and Other Essays on Vernacular Culture?
Archie Green, Robert S. Cantwell
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Torching the Fink Books and Other Essays on Vernacular Culture is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780807826058) and paperback(ISBN 9780807849200) and ebook(ISBN 9780807875674) and pdf(ISBN 9798890873330)
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