When roots die : endangered traditions on the Sea Islands / Patricia Jones-Jackson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones-Jackson, Patricia.

Contributor:

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sea Islands Creole dialect.

African Americans--Sea Islands--Social life and customs.

African Americans.

Manners and customs.

Sea Islands--Social life and customs.

Sea Islands.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xxvii pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 189 pages, 3 unnumbered pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Athens : The University of Georgia Press, 1987.

Contents:

1. The Social History and Organization. Topography; Demography; Economy; Social Structure

2. The Folk Literature. Oral Presentation; The Setting; The Audience; The Storytellers; Conclusion

3. The Texts. The Prayers; A Sermon; Gullah Tales Exempliffying Audience Participation; Three Gullah Tales with African Parallels

4. The Language. History; Present-Day Gullah; Features of Grammar

Conclusion.

Notes:

"Designed by Dariel Mayer."

Includes bibliographical references (pages [179]-183) and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.

Banks Collection copy gold stamped ribbon bookmark of the Hemingway Memorial A.M.E. Church laid in.

ISBN:

0820308331

OCLC:

12669577