Poulsen, Richard C.,  1943- <br/><br/>
The pure experience of order :  essays on the symbolic in the folk material culture of western America / 
Richard C. Poulsen. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - Albuquerque :  University of New Mexico Press,  c1982. 
 - x, 172 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Bibliography: p. 159-166. 
<br/><br/>The language of symbol -- History and meaning -- Making molasses in the desert -- The handclasp motif in Mormon folk burial -- Hawks and coyotes on western fences -- Folk material culture of the Sanpete-Sevier area -- Cultural invisibility -- Repetition in folk artifacts -- Circumference and center -- Freedom and form. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0826306144 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mormons--Social life and customs.--Utah<br/>Mormons--Material culture.--Utah<br/>Material culture--Utah.<br/>Folklore--Utah.<br/>Symbolism in folklore--Utah.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Utah--Social life and customs.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F830  / .P68 1982 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.09792