Explaining Traditions: Folk Behavior in Modern Culture

by Simon J. Bronner

Book Overview

Why do humans hold onto traditions? Many pundits predicted that modernization and the rise of a mass culture would displace traditions, especially in America, but cultural practices still bear out the importance of rituals and customs in the development of identity, heritage, and community. In Explaining Traditions: Folk Behavior in Modern Culture, Simon J. Bronner discusses the underlying reasons for the continuing significance of traditions, delving...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813165865
• ISBN13: 9780813165868
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 546 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher