Jane S Becker
Biographic Data
| ID | 699490 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jane S Becker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jane S |
| FAMILY NAME | Becker |
| SIGNATURE | BECKER J S |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Teaching with the Past at Old Sturbridge Village
In this interview, Alberta Sebolt George recounts her experiences as educator and administrator at Old Sturbridge Village (OSV), a living history museum, over a period of almost thirty years. George reflects on OSV's model for teacher/museum collaboration and the experiential learning opportunities offered in the living history context
The WPA Guides
In 1935 the FDR administration put 40,000 unemployed artists to work in four federal arts projects. The main contribution of one unit, the Federal Writers Project, was the American Guide Series, a collectively composed set of guidebooks to every state, most regions, and many cities, towns, and villages across the United States. The WPA arts projects were poised on the cusp of the modern bureaucratization of culture. They occurred at a moment when…
Selling Tradition
Selling Tradition
Journal Article Selling Tradition: Appalachia and the Construction of an American Folk 1930–1940. By Jane S. Becker. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1998. xviii, 331 pp. Cloth, $55.00, ISBN 0-8078-2408-9. Paper, $18.95, ISBN 0-8078-4715-1.) Get access Henry D. Shapiro Henry D. Shapiro Cleveland Heights, Ohio Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 87, Issue 2, …
Selling Tradition
Selling Tradition: Appalachia and the Construction of an American Folk, 1930-1940. By Jane S. Becker. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1998. Pp. xviii, 331. $55.00 cloth, $18.95 paper) Selling Tradition adds to the critical examination of culture and folklore by asking is tradition? in a way that directs the reader to the intertwining of and modernity, two categories often considered to be in opposition. From the outset it is cle…
Selling Tradition
Folk Roots, New Roots
Real People and the True Folk
Folk Roots, New Roots
“Folk Roots, New Roots: Folklore in American Life.” Museum of Our National Heritage, 33 Marrett Rd., Lexington, MA 02173 Get access Michael Ann Williams Michael Ann Williams Western Kentucky University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 76, Issue 3, December 1989, Pages 861–867, https://doi.org/10.2307/2936428 Published: 01 December 1989
Selling Tradition
Selling Tradition
Selling Tradition: Appalachia and the Construction of an American Folk, 1930-1940. By Jane S. Becker. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1998. Pp. xviii, 331. $55.00 cloth, $18.95 paper) Selling Tradition adds to the critical examination of culture and folklore by asking is tradition? in a way that directs the reader to the intertwining of and modernity, two categories often considered to be in opposition. From the outset it is cle…
Real People and the True Folk
Folk Roots, New Roots
“Folk Roots, New Roots: Folklore in American Life.” Museum of Our National Heritage, 33 Marrett Rd., Lexington, MA 02173 Get access Michael Ann Williams Michael Ann Williams Western Kentucky University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 76, Issue 3, December 1989, Pages 861–867, https://doi.org/10.2307/2936428 Published: 01 December 1989
Real People and the True Folk
Folk Roots, New Roots
Selling Tradition
Selling Tradition
Selling Tradition
Journal Article Selling Tradition: Appalachia and the Construction of an American Folk 1930–1940. By Jane S. Becker. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1998. xviii, 331 pp. Cloth, $55.00, ISBN 0-8078-2408-9. Paper, $18.95, ISBN 0-8078-4715-1.) Get access Henry D. Shapiro Henry D. Shapiro Cleveland Heights, Ohio Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 87, Issue 2, …
Selling Tradition
Selling Tradition: Appalachia and the Construction of an American Folk, 1930-1940. By Jane S. Becker. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1998. Pp. xviii, 331. $55.00 cloth, $18.95 paper) Selling Tradition adds to the critical examination of culture and folklore by asking is tradition? in a way that directs the reader to the intertwining of and modernity, two categories often considered to be in opposition. From the outset it is cle…
The WPA Guides
In 1935 the FDR administration put 40,000 unemployed artists to work in four federal arts projects. The main contribution of one unit, the Federal Writers Project, was the American Guide Series, a collectively composed set of guidebooks to every state, most regions, and many cities, towns, and villages across the United States. The WPA arts projects were poised on the cusp of the modern bureaucratization of culture. They occurred at a moment when…
Teaching with the Past at Old Sturbridge Village
In this interview, Alberta Sebolt George recounts her experiences as educator and administrator at Old Sturbridge Village (OSV), a living history museum, over a period of almost thirty years. George reflects on OSV's model for teacher/museum collaboration and the experiential learning opportunities offered in the living history context
History (8 works) · History (7 works) · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies (6 works) · Appalachia (4 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · Art history (3 works) · Folklore (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Geology (3 works) · Music History and Culture (3 works)