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Katherine Jackson French : Kentucky's forgotten ballad collector / Elizabeth DiSavino. [electronic resource]
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- DiSavino, Elizabeth, author.
- Series:
- Kentucky scholarship online.
- Kentucky scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnomusicologists--United States--Biography.
- Ethnomusicologists.
- Women musicians--United States--Biography.
- Women musicians.
- Musicians--United States--Biography.
- Musicians.
- Ballads, English--Kentucky--History and criticism.
- Ballads, English.
- Folk songs, English--Kentucky--History and criticism.
- Folk songs, English.
- Women--Southern States--Social life and customs--20th century.
- Women.
- Ballads, English--Kentucky.
- Folk songs, English--Kentucky.
- French, Katherine Jackson, 1875-1958.
- French, Katherine Jackson.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2021.
- Summary:
- A native of London, Kentucky, Dr Katherine Jackson French (Ph.D. Columbia University, 1906) collected over 60 British Isle ballads in the hills of Kentucky in 1909 & attempted to publish them in 1910 with the help of Berea College, an endeavour that never came to pass due to an intriguing tangle of motives, gender biases, wavering support from her hoped-for patron, & ruthlessness on the part of fellow collectors. (Her ballad collection, 'English-Scottish Ballads from the Hills of Kentucky,' sees publication here at last). An unwitting participant in the Ballad Wars of the early 20th Century, French went on to a full professorship at Centenary College in Shreveport, Louisiana, where she was also the co-founder of the Woman's Department Club & President of the UUAW. This text sets the story of Jackson's life against the backdrop of the social upheaval of the early 20th century.
- Contents:
- English-Scottish ballads from the hills of Kentucky.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 30, 2020).
- Previously issued in print: 2020.
- Contains:
- English-Scottish ballads from the hills of Kentucky.
- ISBN:
- 0-8131-7853-3
- 0-8131-7854-1
- OCLC:
- 1149924674
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