FINDING THE SINGING SPRUCE: CRAFT LABOR, GLOBAL FORESTS, AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MAKERS IN APPALACHIA

FINDING THE SINGING SPRUCE: CRAFT LABOR, GLOBAL FORESTS, AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MAKERS IN APPALACHIA

Musical instrument makers in the state of West Virginia in the United States pursue “singing,” lively instruments that capture ideals of musical tone and “re-enchant” their work and lives through relationships with craft materials and the forest landscape. Suitable tonewoods that grow in the region,...

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Main Author: Waugh-Quasebarth, Jasper
Format: Others
Published: UKnowledge 2019
Subjects:
Appalachia
Craft labor
Musical Instruments
Forests
American Material Culture
Appalachian Studies
Social and Cultural Anthropology
Online Access:https://uknowledge.uky.edu/anthro_etds/38
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1037&context=anthro_etds

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https://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1037&context=anthro_etds

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