Arts in earnest : North Carolina folklife / edited by Daniel W. Patterson and Charles G. Zug III.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Patterson, Daniel W. (Daniel Watkins), 1928-

Zug, Charles G., III

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Folklore--North Carolina.

Folklore.

North Carolina--Social life and customs.

North Carolina.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (333 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 1990.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Arts in Earnest explores the unique folklife of North Carolina from ruddy ducks to pranks in the mill. Traversing from Murphy to Manteo, these fifteen essays demonstrate the importance of North Carolina's continually changing folklife. From decoy carving along the coast, to the music of tobacco chants and the blues of the Piedmont, to the Jack tales of the mountains, Arts in Earnest reflects the story of a people negotiating their rapidly changing social and economic environment.Personal interviews are an important element in the book. Laura Lee, an elderly black woman from Chatham County, des

Contents:

The North Carolina Wildfowl Decoy Tradition / Stephen Matchak

"I Never Could Play Alone": The Emergence of the New River Valley String Band, 1875-1915 / Thomas Carter, with Thomas Sauber

The Hugh Dixon Homestead: What to Make of Tradition? / Rachel B. Osborn

Economic and Cultural Influences on German and Scotch-Irish Quilts in Antebellum Rowan County, North Carolina / Laurel Horton

The Development of the Bright-Leaf Tobacco Auctioneer's Chant / Bill Mansfield

The Solitary Memory: A Greek-American's Recollections of the Folk Play Panaretos John A. Porter

The Banjo-Song Genre: A Study of "High Sheriff," Dink Roberts's Man-against-the-Law Song / Cecelia Conway

The Narrative Style of Marshall Ward, Jack-Tale-Teller / Charlotte Paige Gutierrez

Symbols from Ribbons: Afro-American Funeral-Ribbon Quilts in Chatham County, North Carolina / Mary Anne McDonald

"Learnin', Though"; Environmental Art as a Creative Process / Kathleen Condon

In the Good Old Way: Primitive Baptist Tradition in an Age of Change Brett Sutton

Banjos and Blues / Kip Lornell

Why Do Duck Decoys Have Eyes? / John Forrest

Tugging on Superman's Cape: The Making of a College Legend James Wise

The Dissembling Line: Industrial Pranks in a North Carolina Textile Mill / Douglas DeNatale.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [277]-306.

ISBN:

9786612904134

9781282904132

1282904132

9780822381617

0822381613

OCLC:

850213596