Sense of Place: American Regional Cultures

" Despite the homogenization of American life, areas of strong regional consciousness still persist in the United States, and there is a growing interest in regionalism both among the public and among academics. In response to that interest ten folklorists here describe and interpret a variety of American regional cultures in the twentieth century. Sense of Place is the first book to deal specifically with regional culture and the first to employ the perspective of folklore in the study of regio

Author: Barbara Allen
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 10/23/1992
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.80w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780813108179

About the Author

Barbara Allen is chair of the Department of American Studies at the University of Notre Dame.

Thomas J. Schlereth is professor of American studies at the University of Notre Dame.

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