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Social Science Folklore & Mythology

Discovering Cape Breton Folklore

by (author) Richard MacKinnon

Publisher
Cape Breton University Press
Initial publish date
Dec 2009
Category
Folklore & Mythology
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781897009307
    Publish Date
    Dec 2009
    List Price
    $24.95

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Description

For more than two decades, Richard MacKinnon—Canada Research Chair in Intangible Cultural Heritage, Cape Breton University—has researched Cape Breton’s rich cultural heritage: from protest songs to company houses, from co-operative housing to nicknames, from log buildings to cockfighting. In Discovering Cape Breton Folklore, professor MacKinnon revists some of his research and exposes us to some new.

About the author

Richard MacKinnon is Editor-in-Chief of Material Culture Review, the author of numerous articles in respected journals and of Vernacular Architecture in the Codroy Valley (Canadian Museum of Civilization, 2002). In his role as Canada Research Chair. Richard oversees many research initiatives collecting and disseminating various aspects of Cape Breton culture. Under his direction, the Centre of Cape Breton Studies operates a state-of-the-art recording and digitization studio.

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