{"product_id":"south-florida-folklife-paperback","title":"South Florida Folklife - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTina Bucuvalas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePeggy A. Bulger\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eStetson Kennedy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSouth Florida summons tropical vacationland images--gleaming beaches, exotic foods, colorful costumes, and grand hotels. Yet beyond this facade teems a rich folklife that is the subject of this alluring book. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The three collaborating authors present south Florida folklife from the 1930s to the present in four parts: the Everglades and Gulf Coast, the Miami megalopolis, the Keys, and the seasonal residents and tourists. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Together, these create a mosaic of contrasts. South Florida embraces extravagant wealth and heartbreaking poverty, constant evolution and solid tradition, tropical peace and devastating storms, settled generations and the newest Americans. It is a folk region identified not by physical or political boundaries, but by its hot, sultry climate and the many people who interact with the land and with one another. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eSouth Florida Folklife\u003c\/i\u003e explores the area for the first time from a folklorist's perspective and firmly establishes it as a microcosm of the United States, an enticing example of the human diversity that characterizes life in this country.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRich folklife of America's southernmost tip shaped by ethnic diversity and nomadic tourist populations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTina Bucuvalas\u003c\/b\u003e is curator of art and historical resources with the City of Tarpon Springs. She is president of the Florida Folklore Society and served as state folklorist and director of the Florida Folklife Program of the Florida Department of State. She is coauthor of \u003ci\u003eJust Above the Water \u003c\/i\u003eand editor of \u003ci\u003eGreek Music in America\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Florida Folklife Reader\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by University Press of Mississippi.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 254\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.68 x 10.08 x 7.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 1994\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52636225077555,"sku":"9780878056606","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/4lKy1NRYPj9780878056606.webp?v=1762268060","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/south-florida-folklife-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}