Details

Subject(s)

• African Americans—Appalachian Region—Music—History and criticism [Browse]
• Folk music—Appalachian Region—History and criticism [Browse]
• Folk songs, English—Appalachian Region—History and criticism [Browse]
• Banjo—Appalachian Region [Browse]
• Minstrel shows—Appalachian Region [Browse]

Series

• Publications of the American Folklore Society. New series (Unnumbered) [More in this series]
• Publications of the American Folklore Society. New series

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

• Introduction: Griots of Piedmont North Carolina and Portrait of Songster Will Baldwin
• Ch. 1. Signifying at the Crossroads: African-American Traditions of the Folk Banjo
• Ch. 2. The Ritual of Minstrelsy: Some Were Buffoons, but Others Were Apprentices
• Ch. 3. Mountain Echoes of the African Banjo
• Ch. 4. The Banjo: Its Changing Form, Construction, and Use
• Ch. 5. The Transmission of Playing Methods and Tunings
• Ch. 6. The Banjo Song Genre: Dink Roberts's Man-against-the-Law Songs
• Ch. 7. "Garfield": A Man against the Law, but a Man with a Community
• Appendix: Reports of Black Banjo Players and Their Instruments in the United States before 1860.

Show 6 more Contents items

ISBN

0870498932 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

94018762

OCLC

31707441

RCP

C - S

Statement on language in description

Princeton University Library aims to describe library materials in a manner that is respectful to the individuals and communities who create, use, and are represented in the collections we manage. Read more...