Author:
Holtzberg, Maggie, 1955-
Publisher:[Boston, MA] : Massachusetts Cultural Council ; Lexington, Mass. : National Heritage Museum ; [Amherst, MA] : Distributed by the University of Massachusetts Press, 2008.
Description:xiv, 199 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps, music ; 26 cm
Note:Includes index.
Note:"Published in conjunction with the exhibition Keepers of tradition: art and folk heritage in Massachusetts, a collaboration of the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the National Heritage Museum"--Title page verso.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:"Throughout Massachusetts, artists carry on deeply rooted traditions that take many expressive forms. Keepers of Tradition: Art and Folk Heritage in Massachusetts celebrates the crafts, music, dance, and sacred arts that have been passed down both within long-settled and new immigrant communities." "Keepers of Tradition presents material drawn from eight years of field research by folklorists at the Massachusetts Cultural Council - an investigation that has taken researchers into the kitchens, workshops, dance halls, places of worship, parade routes, and festival sites where traditional art is produced, used, valued, and displayed."--Jacket.
