Folk Art: Continuity, Creativity, and the Brazilian Quotidian

by Pravina Shukla and Henry Glassie

Listen to the artists of the Brazilian Northeast. Their work, they say, comes of continuity and creativity. Continuity runs along lines of learning toward social coherence. Creativity brings challenges and deep personal satisfaction.
What they say and do in Brazil aligns with ethnographic evidence from New Mexico and North Carolina; from Ireland, Portugal, and Italy; from Nigeria, Turkey, India, and Bangladesh; from China and Japan.
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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253067219
• ISBN13: 9780253067210
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 612 Pages
• Weight: 3.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 7.1" x 9.6"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher