Shaker fever : America's twentieth-century fascination with a communitarian sect /
Moore, William D., 1963-
Shaker fever : America's twentieth-century fascination with a communitarian sect / William D. Moore. - 1 online resource - Public history in historical perspective . - Public history in historical perspective. .
Cover -- Series -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Shaker Fever -- Chapter 1. Visualizing the Shakers -- The Early Museum Exhibits at the New York State Museum, the Berkshire Museum, and the Whitney Museum of American Art -- Chapter 2. "A Native Tradition with a Future" -- The Shakers, the New Deal, and National Design -- Chapter 3. "Using Material from Our Own History in the Arts" -- Performing the Shakers, 1930-1950 -- Chapter 4. Instituting a Shaker Museum -- The Shaker Museum at Old Chatham and the Yale University Art Gallery Chapter 5. "Real Americana" -- Shaker Pageants, Adapted Sites, Folk Music, and Heritage Tourism -- Chapter 6. Opening the Villages to the Public, 1955-1965 -- Postscript: "Borrowed Light" -- Persistent Symptoms of Shaker Fever -- Notes -- Index -- Back Cover
"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"--.
9781613767566 1613767560
22573/ctv19mbdcd JSTOR
Shakers--Public opinion.--United States
Shakers
Shakers.
1900-1999
Arts, American--Themes, motives.--20th century
Arts américains--Thèmes, motifs.--20e siècle
HISTORY--General.
Arts, American--Themes, motives
Intellectual life
Public opinion
United States--Intellectual life--20th century.
États-Unis--Vie intellectuelle--20e siècle.
United States
USA
NX504
700.88/2898
Shaker fever : America's twentieth-century fascination with a communitarian sect / William D. Moore. - 1 online resource - Public history in historical perspective . - Public history in historical perspective. .
Cover -- Series -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Shaker Fever -- Chapter 1. Visualizing the Shakers -- The Early Museum Exhibits at the New York State Museum, the Berkshire Museum, and the Whitney Museum of American Art -- Chapter 2. "A Native Tradition with a Future" -- The Shakers, the New Deal, and National Design -- Chapter 3. "Using Material from Our Own History in the Arts" -- Performing the Shakers, 1930-1950 -- Chapter 4. Instituting a Shaker Museum -- The Shaker Museum at Old Chatham and the Yale University Art Gallery Chapter 5. "Real Americana" -- Shaker Pageants, Adapted Sites, Folk Music, and Heritage Tourism -- Chapter 6. Opening the Villages to the Public, 1955-1965 -- Postscript: "Borrowed Light" -- Persistent Symptoms of Shaker Fever -- Notes -- Index -- Back Cover
"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"--.
9781613767566 1613767560
22573/ctv19mbdcd JSTOR
Shakers--Public opinion.--United States
Shakers
Shakers.
1900-1999
Arts, American--Themes, motives.--20th century
Arts américains--Thèmes, motifs.--20e siècle
HISTORY--General.
Arts, American--Themes, motives
Intellectual life
Public opinion
United States--Intellectual life--20th century.
États-Unis--Vie intellectuelle--20e siècle.
United States
USA
NX504
700.88/2898