The processual principle in folk art: Based on a study of wooden chain carving

Simon Josef Bronner

doi:10.1179/043087783798254546

The processual principle in folk art: Based on a study of wooden chain carving

Simon Josef Bronner

School of Humanities (Harrisburg)

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Abstract

Folk. Art. Craft. By themselves these brief, piquant words can generate argument and confusion over meaning wherever thinkers meet. In combinations like ‘folk art’ and ‘folk craft’ a noticeable din may arise, particularly, many have claimed, if the thinkers include unreserved art historians and folklorists. To be sure, the 1960s and 1970s witnessed several publications defending (or attacking) the honour and virtue of one or the other discipline. As a teacher of material culture, however, I naturally question strictly exclusive disciplinary camps. True, I am a folklorist by training and temperament; but I am also part of an American Studies Program in a Humanities Division, yet my office and research colleagues sit entrenched in the Behavioral Sciences Wing.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	55-67
Number of pages	13
Journal	Folk Life
Volume	22
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1179/043087783798254546
State	Published - Jan 1 1983

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Cultural Studies
Anthropology
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)

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Bronner, S. J. (1983). The processual principle in folk art: Based on a study of wooden chain carving. Folk Life, 22(1), 55-67. https://doi.org/10.1179/043087783798254546

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