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The quest of the folk : antimodernism and cultural selection in twentieth-century Nova Scotia

Title
The quest of the folk : antimodernism and cultural selection in twentieth-century Nova Scotia / Ian McKay.
Author
McKay, Ian, 1953-
Publication
Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1994.

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Description
xvii, 371 pages : illustrations, portraits; 24 cm
Subject
  • Tourism > Social aspects > Nova Scotia
  • Folklorists > Nova Scotia
  • Folklore > Social aspects
  • Folklorists
  • Manners and customs
  • Tourism > Social aspects
  • Folklorismus
  • Culturele identiteit
  • Volkscultuur
  • Mythevorming
  • Nova Scotia > Folklore > Social aspects
  • Nova Scotia > Social life and customs
  • Nova Scotia
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [351]-366) and index.
Contents
Prologue: A Postcard from the "Shore of Songs" -- 1. The Idea of the Folk -- 2. Helen Creighton and the Rise of Folklore -- 3. Mary Black and the Invention of Handicrafts -- 4. "O, So True & Real Like the Sea & the Rocks": The Folk and the Pursuit of the Simple Life -- 5. The Folk under Conditions of Postmodernity.
ISBN
  • 0773511792
  • 9780773511798
  • 0773512489
  • 9780773512481
  • 9780773535367
  • 0773535365
LCCN
95166765
OCLC
  • ocm30511377
  • 30511377
  • SCSB-2060677
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library