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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burrison, John A., 1942-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Regionalism--Southern States.

Regionalism.

Material culture--Southern States.

Material culture.

Folk music--Southern States.

Folk music.

Folklore--Southern States.

Folklore.

Oral tradition--Southern States.

Oral tradition.

Southern States--Social life and customs.

Southern States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2007.

Language Note:

English

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 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

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:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

ISBN:

1-282-48559-8

1-282-48529-6

9786612485596

9786612485299

1-60473-307-1

OCLC:

646803358