Book Description
Identifies the Carolinas' contributions to Southern Folk traditions.
Author : McKissick Museum
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 18,26 MB
Release : 1985
Category : History
ISBN : 9780872499508
Identifies the Carolinas' contributions to Southern Folk traditions.
Author : Benjamin Filene
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 26,15 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780807848623
In American music, the notion of "roots" has been a powerful refrain, but just what constitutes our true musical traditions has often been a matter of debate. As Benjamin Filene reveals, a number of competing visions of America's musical past have vied fo
Author : Charles G. Zug
Publisher :
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 34,23 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Art
ISBN :
This richly illustrated portrait of North Carolina's pottery traditions tells the story of the generations of 'tuners and burners' whose creation are much admired for their strength and beauty. The first comprehensive ceramic history for the state, this book examines the largely vanished world of folk potters and the continuing achievements of their descendants.
Author : Frederick Henry Koch
Publisher :
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 32,48 MB
Release : 1922
Category : Folk drama, American
ISBN :
Author : Jane S. Becker
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 25,7 MB
Release : 2000-11-09
Category : History
ISBN : 080786031X
The first half of the twentieth century witnessed a growing interest in America's folk heritage, as Americans began to enthusiastically collect, present, market, and consume the nation's folk traditions. Examining one of this century's most prominent "folk revivals--the reemergence of Southern Appalachian handicraft traditions in the 1930s--Jane Becker unravels the cultural politics that bound together a complex network of producers, reformers, government officials, industries, museums, urban markets, and consumers, all of whom helped to redefine Appalachian craft production in the context of a national cultural identity. Becker uses this craft revival as a way of exploring the construction of the cultural categories "folk" and "tradition." She also addresses the consequences such labels have had on the people to whom they have been assigned. Though the revival of domestic arts in the Southern Appalachians reflected an attempt to aid the people of an impoverished region, she says, as well as a desire to recapture an important part of the nation's folk heritage, in reality the new craft production owed less to tradition than to middle-class tastes and consumer culture--forces that obscured the techniques used by mountain laborers and the conditions in which they worked.
Author : Ronald D. Cohen
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 31,60 MB
Release : 2016-08-26
Category : Music
ISBN : 1469628821
While music lovers and music historians alike understand that folk music played an increasingly pivotal role in American labor and politics during the economic and social tumult of the Great Depression, how did this relationship come to be? Ronald D. Cohen sheds new light on the complex cultural history of folk music in America, detailing the musicians, government agencies, and record companies that had a lasting impact during the 1930s and beyond. Covering myriad musical styles and performers, Cohen narrates a singular history that begins in nineteenth-century labor politics and popular music culture, following the rise of unions and Communism to the subsequent Red Scare and increasing power of the Conservative movement in American politics--with American folk and vernacular music centered throughout. Detailing the influence and achievements of such notable musicians as Pete Seeger, Big Bill Broonzy, and Woody Guthrie, Cohen explores the intersections of politics, economics, and race, using the roots of American folk music to explore one of the United States' most troubled times. Becoming entangled with the ascending American left wing, folk music became synonymous with protest and sharing the troubles of real people through song.
Author : Anthony Cavender
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 23,80 MB
Release : 2014-07-25
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1469617390
In the first comprehensive exploration of the history and practice of folk medicine in the Appalachian region, Anthony Cavender melds folklore, medical anthropology, and Appalachian history and draws extensively on oral histories and archival sources from the nineteenth century to the present. He provides a complete tour of ailments and folk treatments organized by body systems, as well as information on medicinal plants, patent medicines, and magico-religious beliefs and practices. He investigates folk healers and their methods, profiling three living practitioners: an herbalist, a faith healer, and a Native American healer. The book also includes an appendix of botanicals and a glossary of folk medical terms. Demonstrating the ongoing interplay between mainstream scientific medicine and folk medicine, Cavender challenges the conventional view of southern Appalachia as an exceptional region isolated from outside contact. His thorough and accessible study reveals how Appalachian folk medicine encompasses such diverse and important influences as European and Native American culture and America's changing medical and health-care environment. In doing so, he offers a compelling representation of the cultural history of the region as seen through its health practices.
Author : Frank C. Brown Collection of North Carolina Folklore
Publisher :
Page : 760 pages
File Size : 47,87 MB
Release : 1952
Category : Folk-songs, English
ISBN :
Author : Frank C. Brown Collection of North Carolina Folklore
Publisher :
Page : 758 pages
File Size : 27,25 MB
Release : 1952
Category : Folklore
ISBN :
Author : Frank C. Brown Collection of North Carolina Folklore
Publisher :
Page : 690 pages
File Size : 50,38 MB
Release : 1952
Category : Folklore
ISBN :