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Folklore



link to catalog page BURNS, Archie Green

Archie Green

The Making of a Working-Class Hero

Author: Sean Burns
Pub Date: 2011

Remembering a life devoted to preserving working-class traditions   learn more...

link to catalog page ADLER, Bean Blossom

Bean Blossom

The Brown County Jamboree and Bill Monroe’s Bluegrass Festivals

Author: Thomas A. Adler
Pub Date: June 2011

A long look back at the home of legendary bluegrass festivals and jamborees   learn more...

link to catalog page BROWN, Child's Unfinished Masterpiece

Child's Unfinished Masterpiece

The English and Scottish Popular Ballads

Author: Mary Ellen Brown
Pub Date: March 2011

An in-depth analysis of the creation of Child's opus, The English and Scottish Popular Ballads   learn more...

link to catalog page THOMPSON, Spirits of Just Men

Spirits of Just Men

Mountaineers, Liquor Bosses, and Lawmen in the Moonshine Capital of the World

Author: Charles D. Thompson Jr.
Pub Date: May 2011

A rousing tale of moonshine and conspiracy in Depression-era rural Virginia   learn more...

link to catalog page ALLEN, Gone to the Country

Gone to the Country

The New Lost City Ramblers and the Folk Music Revival

Author: Ray Allen
Pub Date: October 2010

Exploring the cultural impact of a northern band's southern music   learn more...

link to catalog page SHUMAN, Other People's Stories

Other People's Stories

Entitlement Claims and the Critique of Empathy

Author: Amy Shuman
Pub Date: Cloth: ; Paper: 2010

A critical assessment of collective memories, small world stories, and other allegories of everyday life   learn more...

link to catalog page STONE, Sacred Steel

Sacred Steel

Inside an African American Steel Guitar Tradition

Author: Robert L. Stone
Pub Date: September 2010

The first in-depth look at a unique sacred music tradition   learn more...

link to catalog page MILLER, Traveling Home

Traveling Home

Sacred Harp Singing and American Pluralism

Author: Kiri Miller
Pub Date: Cloth: 2008; Paper: 2010

How the participatory tradition of Sacred Harp singing fosters a diverse musical community   learn more...

link to catalog page NAJERA-RAMIREZ, Dancing across Borders

Dancing across Borders

Danzas y Bailes Mexicanos

Author: Edited by Olga Nájera-Ramírez, Norma E. Cantú, and Brenda M. Romero
Pub Date: June 2009

One of the first anthologies to focus on Mexican dance practices on both sides of the border   learn more...

link to catalog page JOYNER, Down by the Riverside

Down by the Riverside

A South Carolina Slave Community

Author: Charles Joyner
Pub Date: 2009

A new edition of the classic study of slave life in the American South   learn more...

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