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Film, Video Art of the Hunt: Hunting & Fishing Folklore

Event video

Transcript: TEXT

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Title

  • Art of the Hunt: Hunting & Fishing Folklore

Summary

  • Wyoming-based folklorist Andrea Graham discusses her fieldwork among fishers and hunters in the contemporary American West and explores how these traditions maintain, reinforce and celebrate deeply-rooted elements of place, family and community life. The folklore and traditions surrounding hunting and fishing are among the most ancient expressions of traditional culture in contemporary America. Although hunting and fishing are not usually seen as artistic pursuits, a closer examination of the handmade tools and gear used, the skills of guides and outfitters, the decorative crafts involved and the hunting and fishing stories told among hunters reveal an enormous depth of creativity, beauty and tradition. These traditions remain strong, especially in the American West.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • American Folklife Center, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2018-06-07.

Notes

  • -  Classification: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation.
  • -  Classification: History: America.
  • -  Andrea Graham.
  • -  Recorded on 2018-06-07.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021692391

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body American Folklife Center. Art of the Hunt: Hunting & Fishing Folklore. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -06-07, 2018. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021692391/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & American Folklife Center, S. B. (2018) Art of the Hunt: Hunting & Fishing Folklore. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -06-07. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021692391/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body American Folklife Center. Art of the Hunt: Hunting & Fishing Folklore. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -06-07, 2018. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021692391/>.