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Pages: 490
Authors: Andreas Kilcher
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-10-30 - Publisher: BRILL

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The question of constructing tradition, concepts of origin, and memory as well as techniques and practices of knowledge transmission, are central for cultures i
Constructing Tradition
Language: en
Pages: 491
Authors: Andreas Kilcher
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-10-05 - Publisher: BRILL

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This volume of conference proceedings investigates the various ways and patterns with which esoteric writings and groups establish their own tradition. This inv
Selling Tradition
Language: en
Pages: 356
Authors: Jane S. Becker
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000-11-09 - Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

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The first half of the twentieth century witnessed a growing interest in America's folk heritage, as Americans began to enthusiastically collect, present, market
The Invention of Tradition
Language: en
Pages: 332
Authors: Eric Hobsbawm
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1992-07-31 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This book explores examples of this process of invention and addresses the complex interaction of past and present in a fascinating study of ritual and symbolis
Guitarmaking: Tradition and Technology
Language: en
Pages: 400
Authors: William Cumpiano
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 1994-02 - Publisher: Chronicle Books

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A complete reference for the design and construction of the steel-string folk guitar and the classical guitar.