Ethnomimesis: Folklife and the Representation of Culture
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Wide-ranging and provocative, this book will fascinate all those intrigued by how we create and perpetuate our representations of folklife and culture. Ethnomimesis is Robert Cantwell's word for the process by which we take cultural influences, traditions, and practices to ourselves and then manifest them to others. Ethnomimesis is an element of ordinary social communication, but springing out of it, too, is that extraordinary summoning...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0807844241
ISBN13:9780807844243
Release Date:November 1993
Publisher:University of North Carolina Press
Length:346 Pages
Weight:1.15 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"
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Folklore & Mythology Holidays Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social SciencesCustomer Reviews
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