The Florida folklife reader / edited by Tina Bucuvalas.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bucuvalas, Tina.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Folklore--Florida.

Folklore.

Florida--Social life and customs.

Florida.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 300 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson, [Miss.] : University Press of Mississippi, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Bucavalas provides an overview of Florida folklife, bringing together chapters written by folklorists, anthropologists, and ethnomusicologists on a wide array of topics. It examines topics as diverse as regional and ethnic folk groups, occupational folklife, the built environment, musical traditions, rituals, and celebrations.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Key Largo to Marathon: A Report on the Folklife of the Upper and Middle Keys; African American and West Indian Folklife in South Florida; The Patronal Festival of Vueltas in Cuban Miami: "No One Loses, They Always Win!"; Michael Kernahan: A Life in Pan; Folklife of Miami's Nicaraguan Communities; Exploring Peruvian Music in Miami; The Seminole Family Camp; Sacred Steel; Musical Practice and Memory on the Edge of Two Worlds: Kalymnian Tsambóuna and Song Repertoire in the Family of Nikitas Tsimouris; Eternal Be Their Memory!

Richard Seaman's Presence within Florida's Soundscape; Legacy and Meaning in the Changing Sacred Harp Tradition of the Okefenokee Region; Nativism and Cracker Revival at the Florida Folk Festival; "The Rest Is Up to You and Me": Sunday Morning Band and Ritual Identity in the Florida Panhandle; Maritime Folklife; Selected Florida Folklife Bibliography; Appendix I: Early Folklife Research in Florida; Appendix II: Public Folklife Programs in Florida; Contributors; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-283-30931-9

9786613309310

1-61703-142-9

OCLC:

761871448