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OverviewFinnish American Rag Rugs is about rag rug culture and the role of rag weaving in Finnish America. In a larger sense, it is also a study of how a craft can persist over centuries, reinforcing the culture, attitudes, behaviors, beliefs, and values of an immigrant group that retains a strong sense of its ethnic identity. Finnish American Rag Rugs provides a history of Finnish immigration to and settlement in Michigan's Upper Peninsula alongside an examination of the tradition of rag weaving in the United States and the Nordic region. Although many other immigrants have a tradition of making rag rugs, Finnish Americans are one of the few groups to have maintained the culture of rag weaving since their immigration. In the process of studying this one activity of one ethnic group, the author uncovers new information about both the history of a ubiquitous form of fiber art and the beliefs and values of an understudied ethnic group. Illustrated with more than 200 color photos, Finnish American Rag Rugs is both informative and beautiful. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Yvonne R LockwoodPublisher: Michigan State University Press Imprint: Michigan State University Press Dimensions: Width: 22.90cm , Height: 3.40cm , Length: 28.10cm Weight: 1.619kg ISBN: 9780870138645ISBN 10: 0870138642 Pages: 249 Publication Date: 30 September 2010 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: In Print Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviewsIn Finnish American Studies ... scholars have emphasized the study of institutions and movements. This is history outside of those institutions and movements. Finnish American Rag Rugs is unique because it writes Finnish American history that previously had been ignored in the rush to study institutions and events. -- K. Marianne Wargelin """In Finnish American Studies ... scholars have emphasized the study of institutions and movements. This is history outside of those institutions and movements. Finnish American Rag Rugs is unique because it writes Finnish American history that previously had been ignored in the rush to study institutions and events."" -- K. Marianne Wargelin" Author InformationYvonne R. Lockwood is Curator of Folklife at the Michigan State University Museum and Associate Coordinator of the Michigan Traditional Arts Program. She is co-editor of the Michigan Folklife Annual and of Michigan Folklife Reader. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |