The Lost Folk: From the Forgotten Past to the Emerging Future of Folk - Hardcover

$28.95

The Lost Folk: From the Forgotten Past to the Emerging Future of Folk - Hardcover

Name: The Lost Folk: From the Forgotten Past to the Emerging Future of Folk - Hardcover
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SKU: 9780571388301
Price: 28.95 USD
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by Lally Macbeth

$28.95

Book Overview

A fresh and engaging celebration of the customs, places, objects and peoples that make up what we know as "folk."

By its nature, folk is ephemeral: tricky to define, hard to preserve and even more difficult to resurrect. But folk culture is all around us; sitting in our churches, swinging from our pubs and dancing through our streets, patiently waiting to be discovered, appreciated, saved and cherished.

In The Lost Folk, Lally MacBeth is on a mission to breathe new life into these rapidly disappearing customs. She reminds us that folk is for everyone, and does not belong to an imagined, halcyon past, but is constantly being drawn from everyday lives and communities. As well as looking at what folk customs have meant in Britain's past, she shines a light on what they can and should mean as we move into the future - encouraging us to use the book as an inspiration, and become collectors and creators of our very own folk traditions.

ISBN	9780571388301
Author	Lally Macbeth
Publisher	Faber & Faber
Genre	History, Arts, and Literature
Format	Hardcover
Published	August 2025
Language	ENG- English
Pages	320
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Adults
Print Size	Standard Print