Sources V: Material Culture
Introduction
This is the last of five seminars which discuss the sources available to the historian of folklore. In this seminar we look at material culture, including architecture, art, clothing, and household objects.
Seminar Question
What are the advantages and disadvantages of material culture as a source for the historian of folklore in Europe?
Required Reading and Activities
- Each of you should read:
L枚fgren, Orvar, 'Material Culture', in Regina F. Bendix and Galit Hasan-Rokem, eds, (Malden, MA, 2012),169-183.
- Each of you should choose and examine:
- EITHER one type of household objects from .
- OR one item in EITHER the OR the OR the Lithuanian Art Fund ( and ) OR the (folklife and emigration) OR the OR
Further Reading
Alcock, N. W., People at Home: Living in a 糖心TVshire Village, 1500-1800 (London, 1993)
Barley, M. W., Houses and History (London, 1986)
Bourne, Henry, Arcadia Britannica: A Modern British Folklore Portrait (London, 2015)
Brunskill, R. W., Houses and Cottages of Britain: Origins and Development of Traditional Buildings (London, 2000)
Brunskill, R. W., Illustrated Handbook of Vernacular Architecture, 3rd ed. (London, 1987)
Brunskill, R. W., Traditional Buildings of Britain: An Introduction to Vernacular Architecture (London, 1981)
Cherry, Martin, and Adrian Green, '', Vernacular Architecture, 50:1, (2019), 1-17
Dyer, Christopher, '', Vernacular Architecture 28:1 (1997), 1-8.
Geering, Corinne, '"', Nationalities Papers, 50/4 (2022), 722-741
Gorzelik, Jerzy, '', Muzeol贸gia a kult煤rne dedi膷stvo 9/1 (2021), 63-79
Handley, Sasha, '', History Workshop Journal 85 (2018),169–194.
Hannan, Leonie, and Sarah Longair, History Through Material Culture (Manchester, 2017)
Hannant, Sara, Mummers, Maypoles and Milkmaids: A Journey Through the English Ritual Year (London, 2011)
Hoggard, Brian, (Oxford, 2019)
Johnson, Matthew H., English Houses, 1300-1800: Vernacular Architecture, Social Life (Harlow, 2010)
Johnson, Matthew, '', Vernacular Architecture 28 (1997), 13-19
McMillan, Jeff, Martin Myrone, and Ruth Kenny, British Folk Art (London, 2014)
'', Folk Life 37:1 (1998), 44-63
Mercer, Eric, '', Vernacular Architecture 28 (1997), 9-12
Mills, Robert, British Folk Art (www.britishfolkart.org.uk, 2011)
Myrone, Martin, '', Visual Culture in Britain 10:1 (2009), 27-52.
Quiney, Anthony, The Traditional Buildings of England (London, 1990)
Thornton, Nicholas, '', Textile History 28:2, (1997), 176-184.
Electronic Resources
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