The pure experience of order : essays on the symbolic in the folk material culture of western America / Richard C. Poulsen.

By:

Poulsen, Richard C, 1943-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c1982.Edition: 1st edDescription: x, 172 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:

0826306144

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DDC classification:

306.09792 19

LOC classification:

F830 .P68 1982

Contents:

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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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	University Library	Regular Circulation	F830 P68 1982 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		3UPML00035584

Bibliography: p. 159-166.

Includes index.

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