Everyday Life : A Poetics of Vernacular Practices.
Title:
Everyday Life : A Poetics of Vernacular Practices.
Author:
Abrahams, Roger D.
ISBN:
9780812200997
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (295 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART I: THE MANY FORMS OF GOODWILL -- Chapter 1 Figures of Speech -- Chapter 2 Forms in Opposition -- Chapter 3 Genres -- Chapter 4 Stories -- PART II: GOODWILL TESTED -- Chapter 5 Just Talking/Taking License -- Chapter 6 Playing -- Chapter 7 Events/Experiences -- PART III: SOCIAL IMAGINARIES -- Chapter 8 Zones and Borders -- Chapter 9 Festive Gatherings -- Chapter 10 Facing Off at the Border -- PART IV: TERMS FOR FINDING OURSELVES -- Chapter 11 Ethnicities -- Chapter 12 Identities -- Chapter 13 Creolizations -- Chapter 14 Diasporas -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z -- Acknowledgments.
Abstract:
Everyday Life considers the ways Americans keep company with one another. It explores the entire range of social gatherings, from chance encounters and casual conversations to well-rehearsed performances found at theaters and stadiums.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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