New York state folklife reader : diverse voices / edited by Elizabeth Tucker and Ellen McHale.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tucker, Elizabeth, 1948-

McHale, Ellen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Folklore--New York (State).

Folklore.

New York (State)--Social life and customs.

New York (State).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 263 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2013]

Summary:

Over fifty years of folklore from the Empire State.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Introduction

MEMORY

Dynamics of New York's Folk Culture

Oral Culture and History Today: Joanne Shenandoah and Jack W. Gladstone

Cities within the City: Ben Botkin's New York

Ritual and Storytelling: A Passover Tale

Comfort in Cloth: The Syracuse University Remembrance Quilt

Here Was New York: Memorial Images of the Twin Towers

PLAY

"I Saw Mrs. Saray, Sitting on a Bombalerry": Ralph Ellison Collects Children's Folklore in Harlem

Cultivating Courage through Play

Emerging Traditions: Dance Performances of the Sudanese DiDinga in Syracuse

Flyin' High: Kite Flying from the Silk Road to Roosevelt Avenue

Petanque in New York

WORK

Mediating between Two Worlds: The Sonideros of Mexican Youth Dances

In the Midst of a Monastery: Filming the Making of a Buddhist Sand Mandala

Set in Stone: The Art of Stonework and Wall Building in Westchester County

An Ethnography of the Saratoga Racetrack

Stand Clear of the Closing Doors! Occupational Folklore of New York City Subway Workers

RESISTANCE

Two Spirited People: Understanding Who We Are as Creation

Camp Woodland: Progressive Education and Folklore in the Catskill Mountains of New York

Employing Music in the Cause of Social Justice: Ruth Crawford Seeger and Zilphia Horton

Burning Messages: Interpreting African American Fraternity Brands and Their Bearers

FOOD

Wild Game Cooking

Foodways

Free Market Flavor

New York Folklore Archives

A Calendar of New York Folk Festivals

About the Contributors

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

Z.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62103-967-6

1-61703-863-6

OCLC:

841559051