Polish-American Folklore

by Deborah Anders Silverman

Integrating vivid photographs, firsthand observations, and interviews against a rich backdrop of ethnic practices and traditions, Deborah Anders Silverman explores how Polish Americans are creatively adapting the rural peasant folklore of the old country to life in multicultural, urban America.
Silverman surveys rituals of courtship, marriage, coming of age, and funerals, also noting those customs that have been rediscovered after falling into...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252025695
• ISBN13: 9780252025693
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.1"