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Record Nr.

UNINA9910552766603321

Titolo

Juneteenth Texas / Francis Edward Abernethy, senior editor ; Carolyn Fiedler Satterwhite, assistant editor ; coeditors, Patrick B. Mullen, Alan B. Govenar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Denton, Tex. : , : University of North Texas Press, , 1996

©1996

ISBN

0-585-26977-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 364 p. ) : ports. ;

Collana

Publications of the Texas Folklore Society ; ; 54

Altri autori (Persone)

AbernethyFrancis Edward

Disciplina

390 s

398/.089960764

Soggetti

Literatur

Afroamerikanische Musik

Folklore

African Americans - Social life and customs

African Americans

Noirs americains - Texas - Moeurs et coutumes

Folklore - Texas

Noirs americains - Folklore - Texas

African Americans - Texas - Social life and customs

African Americans - Texas - Folklore

African Americans - Texas

Folklore

Schwarze

Texas

Texas Folklore and legends

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

African-American folklore in Texas and in the Texas Folklore Society / Francis Edward Abernethy -- Black sacred harp singing remembered in East Texas / Donald R. Ross -- Henry Truvillion of the big thicket : a song worth singing / Jesse Truvillion -- Once upon a time in Houston's



fourth ward / James Thomas Jackson -- Where the Cedar Grove / Clyde E. Daniels -- Mance Lipscomb : fight, flight or the blues / Glen alyn -- More than just 'possum'n taters : Texas-African foodways in the WPA slave narratives / T. Lindsay Baker -- Giving honor to God, the joy and salvation in my life : the appreciation service in song / Jan Rosenberg -- From gumbo to Grammys : the development of Zydeco music in Houston / Lorenzo Thomas -- From Behop to hard bop and beyond : the Texas jazz connection / Dave Oliphant -- African-American blacksmithing in east Texas / Richard Allen Burns -- Musical traditions of twentieth century African-American cowboys / Alan Govenar -- John Biggers, artist : traditional folkways of the black community / Alvia J. Wardlaw -- The African-American folktale and J. Mason Brewer / Lorenzo Thomas -- Juneteenth : a red spot day on the Texas calendar / William H. Wiggins, Jr. -- Lightnin' Hopkins : blues bard of the third ward / John Wheat -- "Bongo Joe" : a traditional street performer / Pat Mullen -- West African fiddles in deep east Texas / John Minton -- "The yellow rose of Texas" : a different cultural view / Trudier Harris -- The Texas trailblazer project / Patricia Smith Prather -- The Texas African-Americanphotography collection and archive / Alan Govenar -- The African-American Museum of Dallas / Alan Govenar.

Sommario/riassunto

Who were important in the collecting of African-American folklore, such as J. Mason Brewer; and a section giving resources for the further study of African Americans in Texas.

Juneteenth Texas reflects the many dimensions of African-American folklore. The personal essays are reminiscences about the past and are written from both black and white perspectives. They are followed by essays which classify and describe different aspects of African-American folk culture in Texas; studies of specific genres of folklore, such as songs and stories; studies of specific performers, such as Lightnin' Hopkins and Manse Lipscomb and of particular folklorists.