Roots of a region : Southern folk culture / John A. Burrison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burrison, John A., 1942-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oral tradition.

Material culture.

Southern States--Social life and customs.

Southern States.

Manners and customs.

Regionalism--Southern States.

Regionalism.

Material culture--Southern States.

Folk music--Southern States.

Folk music.

Folklore--Southern States.

Folklore.

Oral tradition--Southern States.

Physical Description:

vii, 236 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, music ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2007]

Summary:

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 expression-oral, musical, customary, and material. The author establishes how folklore pervades and reflects the region's economics, history (especially the Civil War), race relations, 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 studies serve as examples to students and as evidence of the author's larger points. The first traces the origins and development of an artifact type, the clay jug; the second examines a place, Georgia, and the relationship of its folklore to the region as a whole. Supporting these explorations are 115 illustrations-sixteen in color-and an extensive bibliography of books on southern folk culture.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-226) and index.

ISBN:

9781934110201

1934110205

9781934110218

1934110213

OCLC:

123232289