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The Pure Experience of Order [Richard C. Poulsen]
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[Folk Horror] [Anthropology] [Symbology]
The Pure Experience of Order
Richard C. Poulsen
UNM Press, NM. 1982. First edition. Former display copy; besides some age appropriate toning, like new.
This book blew me away. What I thought would be a rote exercise in interpretive anthropology (zzz) becomes an austere ethnography that borders on folk horror. Fascinating explorations of deep rural symbolic practice in the American west ranging from sacralized agricultural practice, to an exploration of folk art as symbol laden artifact. I really recommend this one, if you're a folk horror head, or just curious about the "deep west", pick it up.
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