Shared traditions : Southern history and folk culture
By examining the mutual influence of history and folk culture, Shared Traditions reveals the essence of southern culture in the complex and dynamic interactions of descendants of Europeans, Africans, and Native Americans. The book covers a broad spectrum of southern folkgroups, folklore expressions, and major themes of southern history, including antebellum society, slavery, the coming of the Civil War, economic modernization in the Appalachians and the Sea Islands, immigration, the civil rights movement, and the effects of cultural tourism
History
xiii, 361 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780252015212, 9780252067723, 0252015215, 025206772X
39699963
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