| Description |
xiii, 361 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-348) and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Southern folk culture: unity in diversity -- "Let us break bread together": cultural interaction in the old South -- "In his hands": the world of the plantation slaves -- History as ritual: rites of power and resistance on the slave plantation -- "Guilty of holiest crime": the passion of John Brown -- The South as a folk culture: David Potter and the Southern enigma -- The bold Fischer man: David Hackett Fischer and the British sources of American folk culture -- The narrowing gyre: Henry Glassie, Irish folk culture, and the American South -- A community of memory: assimilation and identity among the Jews of Georgetown -- The sounds of Southern culture: blues, country, jazz, and rock -- Sweet music: tradition, creativity, and the Appalachian dulcimer -- Sea Island legacy: folk tradition and the civil rights movement -- "Alice of the Hermitage": a study in legend, belief, and history -- A model for the analysis of folklore performance in historical context -- Folklore and social transformation: historians and folklorists in the modern world -- Endangered traditions: resort development and cultural conservation on the Sea Islands -- Notes -- Index. |
| Subject |
Southern States -- Social life and customs.
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Southern States. |
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Manners and customs. |
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Folklore -- Southern States.
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Folklore. |
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Folklore and history -- Southern States.
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Folklore and history. |
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Plantation life -- Southern States -- History.
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Plantation life. |
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History. |
| ISBN |
0252015215 acid-free paper |
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025206772X paperback acid-free paper |
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