Shared traditions : Southern history and folk culture / Charles Joyner.

Author/creator Joyner, Charles W.
Format Book
Publication InfoUrbana : University of Illinois Press, ©1999.
Descriptionxiii, 361 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Folklore--Southern States.
Folklore and history--Southern States.
Plantation life--Southern States. --History.
Southern States--Social life and customs.

Contents Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Southern folk culture: unity in 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [283]-348) and index.
LCCN 98040082
ISBN0252015215 (acid-free paper)
ISBN025206772X (pbk. : acid-free paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks F209 .J69 1999 ✔ Available Place Hold