Name: Shaker Fever: America's Twentieth-Century Fascination with a Communitarian Sect
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Author: Moore, William D.
ISBN: 9781625345097

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Shaker Fever: America's Twentieth-Century Fascination with a Communitarian Sect

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Physical Book

Author

William D. Moore

Publisher

University of Massachusetts Press

Language

English

Pages

464

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm

Weight

0.59 kg.

ISBN13

9781625345097

Synopsis "Shaker Fever: America's Twentieth-Century Fascination with a Communitarian Sect"

Americans were enthralled by the Shakers in the years between 1925 and 1965. They bought Shaker furniture, saw Shaker worship services enacted on Broadway, sang Shaker songs, dressed in Shaker-inspired garb, collected Shaker artifacts, and restored Shaker villages. William D. Moore analyzes the activities of scholars, composers, collectors, folklorists, photographers, writers, choreographers, and museum staff who drove the national interest in this dwindling regional religious group. This interdisciplinary study places the activities of individuals--including Doris Humphrey, Charles Sheeler, Laura Bragg, Juliana Force, and Edward Deming Andrews--within the larger cultural and historical contexts of nationalism, modernism, and cultural resource management. Taking up previously unexamined primary sources and cultural productions that include the first scholarly studies of the faith, material culture and visual arts, stage performances, and museum exhibitions, Shaker Fever compels a reconsideration of this religious group and its place within American memory. It is sure to delight enthusiasts, public historians, museum professionals, furniture collectors, and anyone interested in the dynamics of cultural appropriation and stewardship.

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