The pure experience of order : essays on the symbolic in the folk material culture of western America / Richard C. Poulsen.
Material type: TextPublication details: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c1982.Edition: 1st edDescription: x, 172 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 0826306144
- 306.09792 19
- F830 .P68 1982
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Book | University Library | Regular Circulation | F830 P68 1982 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 3UPML00035584 |
Bibliography: p. 159-166.
Includes index.
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.
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