Hex signs : Pennsylvania Dutch barn symbols & their meaning / Don Yoder & Thomas E. Graves.

Main entry:

Yoder, Don.

Title & Author:

Hex signs : Pennsylvania Dutch barn symbols & their meaning / Don Yoder & Thomas E. Graves.

Edition:

Rev. and expanded 2nd ed.

Publication:

Description:

x, 86 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 80-82) and index.
The world of the hex sign -- What are hex signs? -- The historical hex sign as folk art -- Circles, stars, and the metaphysical -- The scholars' war -- The hex sign as ethnic symbolism -- The hex sign in Pennsylvania -- The geographical spread of the hex sign -- The forms of the hex sign -- The disappearing and reappearing hex sign -- The tourist discovers the hex sign -- The hex sign in advertising -- The hex sign in regional art -- The contemporary hex sign painter -- The meaning of the hex sign: some personal views -- Do hex signs have deeper meanings? -- The hex sign today.

Summary:

Investigates the possible meanings of hex-sign barn decorations, both historically and at the present.

ISBN:

0811727998
9780811727990

Subject:

Hex signs Pennsylvania.
Hex signs.
Pennsylvania.

Added entries:

Graves, Thomas E.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 257089
Call No.: BIB 187519
Status: Available

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