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 into their social and psychological roles in everyday life, from old ...
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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 into their social and psychological roles in everyday life, from old-time crafts to folk creativity on the Internet. Challenging prevailing notions of tradition as a relic of the past, Explaining Traditions provides deep insight into the nuances and purposes of living traditions in relation to modernity. Bronner's work forces readers to examine their own traditions and imparts a better understanding of raging controversies over the sustainability of traditions in the modern world.
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VG in VG jacket. Not ex-lib. Hardcover in grey cloth, in black and white jacket with b/w photo across front panel, 8vo. xiii + 530pp. Index, references, endnotes. Illustrations. VG/VG. Clean, sharp cloth with barcode label to lower rear panel (retained to prevent damage); binding tight and strong with extremely mild slant at upper end; pages clean and unmarked, though mild scuffing to page fore edges. Jacket has light absrasion along upper edges and spine ends with 1/8" x 1/8" nick upper front edge. Rubbing with light creses along hinge ridge on rear panel. Cemtral figures clean and bright. jackert in Brodart.
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