Selling tradition: Appalachia and the construction of an American folk, 1930-1940

683 Pages·1998·4.04 MB·English

by  Jane S. Becker

Selling Tradition : Appalachia and the
title: Construction of an American Folk, 1930-
1940
author: Becker, Jane S.
publisher: University of North Carolina Press
isbn10 | asin: 0807824089
print isbn13: 9780807824085
ebook isbn13: 9780807860311
language: English
Appalachian Region, Southern--Social life
and customs, Handicraft--Appalachian
subject Region, Southern--History--20th century,
Handicraft industries--Appalachian Region,
Southern--History--20th century.
publication date: 1998
lcc: F217.A65B43 1998eb
ddc: 974
Appalachian Region, Southern--Social life
and customs, Handicraft--Appalachian
subject: Region, Southern--History--20th century,
Handicraft industries--Appalachian Region,
Southern--History--20th century.
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Selling Tradition
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Selling Tradition
Appalachia and the Constuction of an American Folk,
1930-1940
Jane S. Becker
© 1998 The University of North Carolina Press
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Becker, Jane S.
Selling tradition: Appalachia and the construction of an
American folk, 19301940/Jane S. Becker.
p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8078-2408-9 (cloth: alk. paper).
ISBN 0-8078-4715-1 (pbk.: alk. paper)
1. Appalachian Region, SouthernSocial life and customs.
2. HandicraftAppalachian Region, SouthernHistory
20th century. 3. Handicraft industriesAppalachian
Region, Southern History20th century. I. Title.
F217.A65B43 1998 97-40858
974dc21 CIP
02 01 00 99 98 5 4 3 2 1
P. ii: Aunt Cord Ritchie, Knott County, Ky., ca. 1935. (Photograph by Doris
Ulmann; used with special permission of Berea College and the Doris Ulmann
Foundation)
Page v
In memory of my mother
Page vii
Contents
Preface xi
Introduction 1
1 11
The Domestication of Tradition
2 41
Creating an Appalachian America: Enlightening Our
"Contemporary Ancestors," 18801935
3 73
The Southern Highland Handicraft Guild: Organizing a
"Handicraft Culture"
4 93
Order Out of Chaos: The Federal Government and the
Industrialization of Handicrafts
5 125
I Start as Early as I Can and Work as Hard as I Can:
Mountain Craft Producers and Their Work
6 167
Labor or Leisure?: Industrial Homework and the
Redefinition of Craftsmanship
7 189
Selling Tradition