Armenian folk arts, culture, and identity

Abstract

Table of Contents: Preface Levon Abrahamian About This Book - Nancy Sweezy 1. Origins - In the Beginning - Hamlet Petrosyan 2. Symbols of Armenian Identity - Hamlet Petrosyan 1. The World as a Garden 2. The Sacred Mountain 3. The Temple 4. Writing and the Book 5. The Khachkar or Cross-stone 3. Settlements, Dwellings and Inhabitiants -- Home as the World - Harutyun Marutyan 4. Artifacts and Artisans 1. Wood - Harutyun Marutyan 2. Clay - Hamlet Petrosyan and Harutyun Marutyan (with material on salt jars and salt by Levon Abrahamian, Harutyun Marutyan, Hamlet Petrosyan, and Hripsime Pickichian) 3. Copper - Hamlet Petrosyan and Harutyun Marutyan 4. Carpets - Ashghunj Poghosyan 5. Needle Arts - Anush Sharambeyan 5. Personal Adornment 1. Costume - Svetlana Poghosyan 2. Jewelry - Hrachya Margaryan 6. Fight, Feast, and Festival 1. The Blacksmith - Aghasi Tadevosyan and Hamlet Petrosyan 2. Festival and Feast - Hripsime Pikichian (with material on the royal feast by Hamlet Petrosyan) 3. The Call of Zurna - Hripsime Pikichian and Aghasi Tadefosyan 4. The Wedding Tree - Hripsime Pikichian Afterword - Levon Abrahamian Glossary Notes Selected Bibliography Contributors Index