folk society
folk society An ideal type referring to ‘primitive’ agrarian societies in all historical periods which, it is assumed, have none of the economic or socio-cultural characteristics of ‘modern’ urban-industrial societies. The concept is often criticized on theoretical and empirical grounds and for its ideological bias. See also FOLK–URBAN CONTINUUM.
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Folger, Henry Clay 1857-1930 , folk / fōk/ (also folks) • pl. n. 1. inf. people in general: some folk will do anything for money an old folks' home. ∎ a specified group of people:… Folk Song , folk song, music of anonymous composition, transmitted orally. The theory that folk songs were originally group compositions has been modified in rec… Folk Music , Before the twentieth century, a dichotomy prevailed between cultivated music, by educated, formally trained musicians and composers, and folk music,… Folk Medicine , Folk medicine has existed for as long as human beings have existed. In an effort to cope with an environment that was often dangerous, humans, and th… Ballad , ballad, in literature, short, narrative poem usually relating a single, dramatic event. Two forms of the ballad are often distinguished—the folk ball… Lomax, Alan , Alan Lomax
No individual has done as much to catalog and preserve traditional American music as American folklorist Alan Lomax (1915–2002). A folklor…
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