"Over time, Paganism became associated with the counter-culture, satanic and gothic culture, rave and festival culture, ecological consciousness and spirituality, and new ageism. Paganism has used music to express a powerful and even transgressive force in everyday life. Pop Pag…
"Over time, Paganism became associated with the counter-culture, satanic and gothic culture, rave and festival culture, ecological consciousness and spirituality, and new ageism. Paganism has used music to express a powerful and even transgressive force in everyday life. Pop Pag…
Introduction -- Part I: Ethnography of the Balkan Music and Dance Scene: Chapter 1: The "Balkanites" ; Chapter 2: Why Balkan? -- Part II: Folk dancing and turn of the century America ; Chapter 3: Folk dancing and the settlement movement ; Chapter 4: Folk dancing and the physical…
Accompanying DVD (ca. 46 min. : sd., col. ; one side of accompanying disc) consists of 14 video segments, 1 professionally taped and 13 apparently taped by the author. Full details of contents on p. 297-298.
"The play party was a popular form of American folk entertainment that included songs, dances, and sometimes games. Though based upon European and English antecedents, play parties were truly an American phenomenon, first mentioned in print in 1837. The last play parties were pe…
What did young people do for diversion and socialization in communities that banned most dancing and considered the fiddle to be the devil's instrument? The American play party was the fundamentalist's answer. Here the singing was a cappella, the dancers followed prescribed step…
