Henry Glassie: Field Work
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Henry Glassie: Field Work
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eng
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Henry Glassie: Field Work
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Originally produced by Grasshopper Film in 2019
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100
Summary
Henry Glassie has made a life out of studying folk artists and the marvels they create. Over the past 50 years, the renown US scholar has travelled to five continents, conducting fieldwork with an obsessive thoroughnes. Each project Glassie undertakes requires at least a decade. Brimming with insights into the artistic impulse-and how every culture manifests its own standard of beauty and meaning-this poetic portrait of Glassie doubles as a travelogue, taking us places Glassie has embedded himself
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