Roots of a region [[electronic resource] ] : Southern folk culture / / John A. Burrison

• Autore: Burrison John A. <1942->
• Pubblicazione: Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (245 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.0975
• Soggetto topico: Regionalism - Southern States; Material culture - Southern States; Folk music - Southern States; Folklore - Southern States; Oral tradition - Southern States
• Soggetto geografico: Southern States Social life and customs
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-226) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The core of the culture : folk traditions and the big regional picture -- Goobers, grits, and greasy greens : what's Southern about Southern folk culture? -- An early international crossroads : the diverse roots of Southern folk culture -- Journey of the jug : an artifact-based case study -- Georgia on my mind : a place-based case study -- Branches and new shoots : Southern folk culture today and tomorrow.
• Sommario/riassunto: Roots of a Region reveals the importance of folk traditions in shaping and expressing the American South. This overview covers the entire region and all forms of ex-pression-oral, musical, customary, and material. The author establishes how folklore pervades and reflects the region\'s economics, history (espe-cially the Civil War), race rela-tions, religion, and politics. He follows with a catalog of those folk-cultural traits-from food and crafts to music and story-that are distinctly southern. The book then explores the Native American and Old World sources of southern folk culture. Two case
• Titolo autorizzato: Roots of a region
• ISBN: 1-282-48559-8; 1-282-48529-6; 9786612485596; 9786612485299; 1-60473-307-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782840803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II