Research Catalog

Title

Folk art and aging : life-story objects and their makers / Jon Kay.

Author

Kay, Jon

Publication

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2016]

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Details

Description

xii, 131 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.

Summary

Growing old doesnt have to be seen as an eventual failure but rather as an important developmental stage of creativity. Offering an absorbing and fresh perspective on aging and crafts, Jon Kay explores how elders choose to tap into their creative and personal potential through making life-story objects. Carving, painting, and rug hooking not only help seniors to cope with the ailments of aging and loneliness but also to achieve greater satisfaction with their lives. Whether revived from childhood memories or inspired by their capacity to connect to others, meaningful memory projects serve as a lens for focusing on, remaking, and sharing the long-ago. These activities often help elders productively fill the hours after they have raised their children, retired from their jobs, and/or lost a loved one. These individuals forge new identities for themselves that do not erase their earlier lives but build on them and new lives that include sharing scenes and stories from their memories.

Series Statement

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Uniform Title

Material vernaculars (Series)

Subjects

• Folk artists
• Biography
• United States
• Memory in art
• Folk art > Psychological aspects
• Art therapy for older people
• Aging > Psychological aspects
• Folk artists > United States > Biography

Genre/Form

Biographies.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Bob Taylor : stories in wood and words -- Gustav Potthoff : memory paintings -- Marian Sykes : recalling memories and making rugs -- John Schoolman : objects, life review, and sociability -- Milan Opacich : life-story displays and narratives.

ISBN

• 9780253022066
• 0253022061
• 9780253022165
• 0253022169
• 9780253022202 (canceled/invalid)
• 0253022207 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2016017119

OCLC

• ocn933584603
• 933584603
• SCSB-1872715

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library