"When considering Folk Art: Continuity, Creativity, and the Brazilian Quotidian there are no words adequate to describe it. The unadorned clarity of both the author's narrative and that of the artists with whom they worked in Brazil is absolutely stunning. Glassie and Shukla honor the generations of artists in families as they sculpt the processions of people and animals which walk across time and into our hearts. And then in a sweeping motion, like brushstrokes on a canvas, they transport us into homes around the globe where they have worked as they reveal their common bond of creativity and reverence for tradition. This is a book for the ages that places folk art, and the artists who create and nurture it at the center of life itself."--William Ferris, Joel R. Williamson Eminent Professor of History Emeritus, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "Comprising an introduction that surveys the historical background and three thematic sections, plus footnotes and bibliography, Folk Art is an important contribution to the scholarship."--E.

Douglas, University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill, Choice "This inner creative force, demonstrated through the authors' fieldwork on five continents, resonates with Noam Chomsky's definition of humanity as complexly creative. It forms the foundation of Folk Art--a vision of creativity as a universal human faculty that unites humankind and invalidates any argument based on racial, gender, or caste superiority."--P'milla Vilas Boas Costa Ribeiro, Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies at the University of Illinois, Journal of Folklore Research Reviews.