Saturday, July 2, 2016

The Folklore and Folklife of New Jersey

Author: David Staten Cohen
Stars: 3
Review by: Mandy Apgar


What I liked about this first off was that it was not demeaning towards folk art - a pet peeve of mine is when people refer towards the latter is primitive or not advanced and this gave it a deal of respect. So there was that. But there was folk art, beliefs, ways of constructing art and buildings, crafts, holidays, the usual sorts of things one would find in a book like this. The book was a bit dated though in its terms and the pictures were often blurry.
 

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