John A. Burrison

Global Clay

Themes in World Ceramic Traditions

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Produktbeschreibung

John A. Burrison is Regents Professor of English and Director of the Folklore Curriculum at Georgia State University in Atlanta. He is the author of numerous books, including From Mud to Jug: The Folk Potters and Pottery of Northeast Georgia and Roots of a Region: Southern Folk Culture.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 356
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 261mm x 210mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 1320g
• ISBN-13: 9780253031884
• ISBN-10: 0253031885
• Artikelnr.: 48208953

Autorenporträt

John A. Burrison is Regents Professor of English and Director of the Folklore Curriculum at Georgia State University in Atlanta. He is the author of numerous books, including From Mud to Jug: The Folk Potters and Pottery of Northeast Georgia and Roots of a Region: Southern Folk Culture.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. International Folk Pottery: A Brief Primer
2. Monuments to Clay: Public Markers of Craft Identity
3. The Human Image: Face Jugs and Other People-Pots
4. The Sincerest Form of Flattery: Cross-Cultural Imitations
5. A Clay Menagerie: The Animal World in Ceramics
6. Idols with Feet of Clay: Ceramics and World Religions
7. Returning to Clay: Death and the Afterlife
8. The Last Folk Potters?: Prognosis for the Future
Suggested Reading
Index