Henry Glassie’ s Material Culture provides long-lasting definitions of mate-rial culture, the ethnographic technique for understanding it, the social context in which it exists, the kinds to be studied, what it is to be studied against, and how to write about it. Professor Glassie creates a beautiful style. Three of his works have been named among the notable books of the year by The New York Times, and his books include Pattern in the Material Folk Culture of the Eastern United States, Folk Housing in Middle Virginia, All Silver and No Brass, Irish Folk History, Passing the Time in Ballymenone, Irish Folktales, The Spirit of Folk Art, Turkish Traditional Art Today, Art and Life in Bangladesh, Material . Following an intriguing introduction, this book provides useful ways to study material culture. One chapter explains how material culture provides resources for studying history. This idea is key to the study of archaeology, and Glassie demonstrates how to study objects to examine the recent past. There is an vibrant chapter on the role of material culture in the life of a repairer of fine carpets who /5(3).
Henry Glassie studies untraditional sources, including material culture, art, literature, and the landscape, as necessary for understanding the meaning behind human activity. Most of Glassie's examples are literary, highlighting the artist's integration into the culture they come from. Henry Glassie, Material Culture. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, pp., b/w ills., 16 line drgs., bibliog., index. $ For those committed to the study of American material culture, the words of the folklore scholar Henry Glassie have always been important. Written twenty-five years ago, his. Material Culture―Henry Glassie, George Jevremovic, and William T. Sumner, editors (Note: there is an accent egue on the c Jevremovic) Contents: The Potter's Art Bangladesh Sweden Georgia Acoma Turkey Japan Hagi Work in the Clay Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Material Culture. Henry Glassie. Indiana University Press, - Art - pages. 0 Reviews. History and art connect in the study of material culture. Material culture records human intrusion in. Glassie's enduring interest in vernacular architecture yielded a regional survey, Pattern in the Material Folk Culture of the Eastern United States (); an innovative local study, Folk Housing in Middle Virginia (); and a capstone statement, international. Abstract:Henry Glassie discusses the early life influences that led him to folklore as his vocation. He describes his formal education; his mentoring by Fred B. Kniffen, whose training shaped Glassie’s study of material culture; his job as the state folklorist of Penn - sylvania; and his participation in the evolution of public sector folklore. Glassie also de -.
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