Tuleja, Tad, editorUtah State University Press, publisher2007-01-032007-01-031997http://hdl.handle.net/10217/87738Includes bibliographical references.In Usable Pasts, fourteen authors examine the manipulation of traditional expressions among a variety of groups from the United States and Canada: the development of a pictorial style by Navajo weavers in response to traders, Mexican American responses to the appropriation of traditional foods by Anglos, the expressive forms of communication that engender and sustain a sense of community in an African American women's social club and among elderly Yiddish folksingers in Miami Beach, the incorporation of mass media images into the C & Ts (customs and traditions) of a Boy Scout troop, the changing meaning of their defining Exodus-like migration to Mormons, Newfoundlanders' appropriation through the rum-drinking ritual called the Schreech-In of outsiders' stereotypes, outsiders' imposition of the once-despised lobster as the emblem of Maine, the contest over Texas's heroic Alamo legend and its departures from historical fact, and how yellow ribbons were transformed from an image in a pop song to a national symbol of "resolve".--Provided by publisher.Through Navajo eyes: pictorial weavings from Spider Woman's loom / Nancy Peake -- Appropriation and counterhegemony in south Texas: food slurs, offal meats, and blood / Mario Montano -- Dyngus Day in Polish American communities / Deborah Anders Silverman -- "May the work I've done speak for me": African American women as speech community / Jerrilyn McGregory -- "Giving" of Yiddish folksongs as a cultural resource / Joel Saxe -- Newell's paradox redux / Jay Mechling -- Historical narrative in the martial arts: a case study / Thomas A. Green -- Pioneers and recapitulation in Mormon popular historical expression / Eric A. Eliason -- "Up here, we never see the sun": homeplace and crime in urban Appalachian narratives / John R. Williams -- Booze, ritual, and the invention of tradition: the phenomenon of the Newfoundland Screech-In / Pat Byrne -- Shell games in vacationland: Homarus Americanus and the state of Maine / George H. Lewis -- How Texans remember the Alamo / Sylvia Ann Grider -- "Kamell Dung": a challenge to Canada's national icon / Robert M. MacGregor -- Closing the circle: yellow ribbons and the redemption of the past / Tad Tuleja.born digitalbooksengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.All rights reserved. User is responsible for compliance. Please contact University Press of Colorado at https://upcolorado.com/our-books/rights-and-permissions for use information.Minorities -- United States -- Social life and customsMinorities -- Canada -- Social life and customsEthnology -- United StatesEthnology -- CanadaTextAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Community College of Denver, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University Denver, Regis University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University and Western Colorado University communities only.