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Record Nr.

UNINA9910163547003321

Autore

Abernethy Francis E

Titolo

Corners of Texas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University of North Texas Press, 1993

[s.l.], : University of North Texas Press, 1993

©1993

ISBN

0-585-27069-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxiv, 295 p. ) : ill., map ;

Collana

Publications of the Texas Folklore Society ; ; 52

Altri autori (Persone)

AbernethyFrancis Edward

Disciplina

398/.09764

Soggetti

Folklore

Electronic books.

Texas Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Non definito

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A corner forever Texas: the Southwestern Writers Collection / Richard A. Holland -- John Lomax and Texas: roots of a career / Nolan Porterfield -- J. Frank Dobie and the American Folklore Society / Paul Stone -- Beautifull printed and expressive of Texas: Carl Hertzog and the Texas Folklore Society / Al Lowman -- Piston packin' mamas: gun code for western women / Joyce Roach -- "First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers" / Phyllis Bridges -- Forked stick folkcraft / George Ewing -- No-eared Joe: oil field folk hero / Tom E. Breedlove -- The boat called "El Pato" / Fernando Garza Quirós -- From African spirit catcher to American folk art emblem: the trans-Atlantic odyssey of the bottle tree / Richard Graham -- A hog race / Bill Brett -- An East Texas lynching: the Humphries/Wilkinson-Greenhaw feud / Mark Busby -- Hammered dulcimers and folk songs: the musical heritage of the C.A. Lee family / Jean Granberry Schnitz -- The rabbit, the lion, and the man: race relations in folklore fieldwork / Patrick B. Mullen -- Longino Guerrero's corrido on J. Frank Dobie / F.E. Abernethy -- Peripatetic proselytizing / Julia Whitsitt -- The sunbonnet as folk costume / Janet K. Jeffery -- College creates a new breed of cowboy / Sylvia Gann Mahoney -- Laughing at the clouds: Texas drought humor / Rana K. Williamson -- The blues and jives of Dr. Hepcat / Alan Govenar --



Motorcycles and majorettes: grave markers for youth in central Texas / Rollo K. Newsom -- Singing people are happy people: a brief look at convention gospel music / Richard J. Mason.