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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: John A. BurrisonPublisher: Indiana University Press Imprint: Indiana University Press ISBN: 9780253031884ISBN 10: 0253031885 Pages: 356 Publication Date: 04 December 2017 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 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 IndexReviewsAmbitious in scope and successful in describing the central role that works of clay have played preserving common cultural narratives . . . Essential. All readers. * Choice Reviews * While researchers and educators may find individual chapters useful for discussions about pottery's relationship to people, communities, animals, religion, and the afterlife, the text as a whole is an enjoyable and quick read, with numerous beautiful illustrations that a general audience would also appreciate. * The Journal of American Folklore * This is a singular (and decidedly ambitious) undertaking-a survey of traditional ceramics across millennia and world cultures, all structured around recurrent themes or functions. I have read numerous books on traditional ceramics, but I've never encountered anything quite like this. -Charles G. Zug III, author of The Traditional Pottery of North Carolina While researchers and educators may find individual chapters useful for discussions about pottery's relationship to people, communities, animals, religion, and the afterlife, the text as a whole is an enjoyable and quick read, with numerous beautiful illustrations that a general audience would also appreciate. * The Journal of American Folklore * Ambitious in scope and successful in describing the central role that works of clay have played preserving common cultural narratives... Essential. All readers. * Choice Reviews * Author InformationJohn 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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