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When roots die : endangered traditions on the Sea Islands / Patricia Jones-Jackson ; [foreword by Charles Joyner].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jones-Jackson, Patricia.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sea Islands Creole dialect.
- African Americans--Sea Islands--Social life and customs.
- African Americans.
- Sea Islands--Social life and customs.
- Sea Islands.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (220 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, c1987.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- When Roots Die celebrates and preserves the venerable Gullah culture of the sea islands of the South Carolina and Georgia coast. Entering into communities long isolated from the world by a blazing sun and salt marshes, Patricia Jones-Jackson captures the cadence of the storyteller lost in the adventures of "Brer Rabbit," records voices lifted in song or prayer, and describes folkways and beliefs that have endured, through ocean voyage and human bondage, for more than two hundred years.
- Contents:
- ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""In Memoriam""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""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 Exemplifying Audience Participation""; ""Three Gullah Tales with African Parallels""; ""4 The Language""; ""History""; ""Present-Day Gullah""; ""Features of Grammar""; ""Conclusion""
- ""Appendix 1 An Interview: Catching Fish""""Appendix 2 Buh Rabbit en' de Lawd""; ""Appendix 3 Phonetic Text: The Soul and the Spirit""; ""Appendix 4 The Land Question""; ""Notes""; ""Selected Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613586339
- 9781280491108
- 1280491108
- 9780820342412
- 0820342416
- OCLC:
- 753978358
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