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Material Worlds
Simon J. Bronner, Series Editor

Books in this series explore worlds of our own making. Series authors interpret the ways that people and communities create environments, traditions, and symbols from art, architecture, furnishing, food, and dress. In addition to showing the cultural and personal values that artifacts and environments reveal, the series sheds light on the diversity and dynamics of material worlds across the social landscape. Whether exotic or close to home, the worlds uncovered in this series bring about reflection on the ways that "material" and "culture" come together in everyday lives.

Books in the series:
· Designing the Centennial: A History of the 1876 International Exhibition in Philadelphia by Bruno Giberti
· Culinary Tourism, Edited by Lucy M. Long
· Funeral Festivals in America: Rituals for the Living by Jacqueline S. Thursby

To submit a manuscript or for further information, contact
Simon J. Bronner
American Studies Program
Penn State University
777 W. Harrisburg Pike
Middletown, PA 17057-4898
(717) 948-6039
fax: (717) 948-6724
email: sjb2@psu.edu

Simon J. Bronner, distinguished professor of Folklore and American Studies at Penn State University Harrisburg, is the author and editor of numerous books and articles on material culture, folklore, and American Studies. His books include Following Tradition: Folklore in the Discourse of American Culture, The Carver's Art, Grasping Things, and Lafcadio Hearn's America.



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