Pattern in the Material Folk Culture of the Eastern United St... by Henry Glassie

By looking at the present occurrences in various areas, in one way or the other, Glassie’s book has managed to achieve its goals. Through his writing, Glassie believes in improving cultural material and folk histories. Glassie uses this chapter to express his concern in promoting material cultures and folk histories that have been ignored for long, and prone to disappearance if not given attention. Glassie further argues that all persons regardless of color have the responsibility of shaping their lives against any kind of circumstance (Glassie p. For instance, according to him, the hand-made creation by women, and the poor need to be attended. He also expresses the essence of inclusion of the ignored types of success. He argues that in using only technological words, the non-literate individuals are discriminated against in one way or the other. In narrating tales, an individual ought to incorporate nonacademic concepts that prove to be essential. In his view, history is all about the stories about the past, presented in the present with aim of modifying the future (Glassie p. In the first chapter he emphasizes the history.

Glassie’s book is made up of five chapters. Glassie’s great attention and expertise in the field of folk culture greatly appears in his presentation of the book and the examples he uses. For instance, he synthesizes his ideas from cultural anthropology and folklore and eventually comes up with convincing theories. The indexes of the first hundred numbers (1966-1999), ordered by issue, author, and topic, are available for consultation.In addition to Glassie extensively expounding on theories, he also inputs much effort in presenting case studies to enable him achieve his goal. The latest issues centred on the themes of slavery and conversions in the Mediterranean, on the historical-geographical research in recent years, on the re-elaboration of East-European memories after the Cold War, on the questions opened by the use of post-colonical sources, on the objects of science and the 'systems of exception'. Each issue comprises a dedicated section in which several authors develop a broad thematic canvas. It has featured the contribution of Italian and international scholars, such as Alberto Caracciolo, Maurice Aymard, Carlo Ginzburg, Peter Burke, Carlo Poni, Pasquale Villani, Christiane Klapish, and Gianna Pomata. The journal embraces a wide chronological span, from ancient to modern history, and encompasses social and economic history, gender history as well as microhistory. Quaderni storici is home to some of the most influential international historical research.

Pattern in the Material Folk Culture of the Eastern United St... by Henry Glassie