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Amish Barn Raisings: Collective Work Events and Feasting
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Amish Barn Raisings: Collective Work Events and Feasting
This paper discusses not only the history and custom of Amish barn raisings, but deals with theoretical work on feasting that often accompanies group work projects in less "modern" cultures.
5,425 words (approx. 21.7 pages) |
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2001
Paper Summary:
This paper examines the Amish barn raising feast within Dietler's and Herbich's theoretical framework of the Collective Work Event (CWE) and elucidates the role of the feast within the barn raising event, as well as the event itself within a broader social context. The investigation begins with a description of barn raisings within the Old Order Amish community of Goshen, Indiana and then discusses the concepts of the Work Feast and Work Exchange beneath the CWE rubric. Finally, barn raising as an ethnographic object is analyzed using Dietler's and Herbich's six descriptive factors to determine the relevance of the framework to the Amish and to uncover other aspects relevant to a larger discourse of feasting.More papers on Amish Barn Raisings: Collective Work Events and Feasting:
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Amish Barn Raisings: Collective Work Events and Feasting (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 11, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Research-Paper-Amish-Barn-Raisings-Collective-Work-Events-and-Feasting/1453
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"Amish Barn Raisings: Collective Work Events and Feasting" 15 January 2012. Web. 11 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Research-Paper-Amish-Barn-Raisings-Collective-Work-Events-and-Feasting/1453>
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