Extraordinary Ordinary People Five American Masters of Traditional Arts

Name: Extraordinary Ordinary People Five American Masters of Traditional Arts
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ISBN: 9780763620479

ISBN-10: 0763620475

ISBN-13: 9780763620479

Edition: 2006

Authors: Alan B. Govenar, Alan B. Govenar

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Through fascinating profiles of five National Heritage Fellows, folklorist Alan Govenar celebrates the cultural democracy that is America — and honors the endurance of traditional crafts and methods. In bustling midtown Manhattan, Qi Shu Fang applies the elaborate makeup and headwear required for her role as a Chinese opera singer, an impressive art she learned in her native Beijing. Overlooking a quiet little garden in Nyssa, Oregon, Eva Castellanoz starts her day as a maker of paper-and-wax coronas, delicate tissue-paper flower wreaths she learned to make in Mexico, her childhood home. Meanwhile, Ralph W. Stanley keeps the craft of boat building alive in his coastal Maine town, …

Book details

List price: $22.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Publication date: 7/11/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 96
Size: 9.50" wide x 10.25" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English

FRANCIS EDWARD ABERNETHY is professor emeritus of English at Stephen F. Austin State University and former Secretary-Editor of the Texas Folklore Society. PATRICK B. MULLEN is professor of English at Ohio State University. ALAN GOVENAR is president of Documentary Arts and a writer, folklorist, photographer, and filmmaker.