Explaining Traditions: Folk Behavior in Modern Culture
(Part of the Material Worlds Series)
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Why do humans hold onto traditions? Many pundits predicted that modernization and the rise of a mass culture would displace traditions, especially in America, but cultural practices still bear out the importance of rituals and customs in the development of identity, heritage, and community. In Explaining Traditions: Folk Behavior in Modern Culture, Simon J. Bronner discusses the underlying reasons for the continuing significance of traditions, delving...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0813165865
ISBN13:9780813165868
Release Date:August 2015
Publisher:University Press of Kentucky
Length:546 Pages
Weight:1.75 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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