{"id":4749,"date":"2012-11-29T10:00:32","date_gmt":"2012-11-29T17:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=4749"},"modified":"2012-11-29T10:00:32","modified_gmt":"2012-11-29T17:00:32","slug":"how-ren-faires-changed-the-counterculture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=4749","title":{"rendered":"How Ren Faires Changed the Counterculture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nyuconnexus.seisan.com\/uploads\/products\/9780814771389\/9780814771389_Full.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nyuconnexus.seisan.com\/uploads\/products\/9780814771389\/9780814771389_Full.jpeg?resize=200%2C300\" alt=\"Well Met: Renaissance Faires and the American Counterculture\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Persons interested in understanding festivals and other &#8220;temporary autonomous zones&#8221; might find insights in a new book from New York University Press, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/nyupress.org\/books\/book-details.aspx?bookid=11221#.ULeSG5J5keN\">Well Met: Renaissance Faires and the American Counterculture<\/a><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/nyupress.org\/books\/book-details.aspx?bookid=11221#.ULeSG5J5keN\"> by Rachel Lee Rubin.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>From the publisher&#8217;s description:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In order to understand the meaning of the faire to its devoted participants,both workers and visitors, Rubin has compiled a dazzling array of testimony, from extensive conversations with Faire founder Phyllis Patterson to interviews regarding the contemporary scene with performers, crafters, booth workers and \u201cplaytrons.\u201d <em>Well Met<\/em> pays equal attention what came out of the faire\u2014the transforming gifts bestowed by the faire\u2019s innovations and experiments upon the broader American culture: the underground press of the 1960s and 1970s, experimentation with \u201cethnic\u201d musical instruments and styles in popular music, the craft revival, and various forms of immersive theater are all connected back to their roots in the faire. Original, intrepid, and richly illustrated, <em>Well Met<\/em> puts the Renaissance Faire back at the historical center of the American counterculture.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Persons interested in understanding festivals and other &#8220;temporary autonomous zones&#8221; might find insights in a new book from New York University Press, Well Met: Renaissance Faires and the American Counterculture by Rachel Lee Rubin. 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