To know the soul of a people : religion, race, and the making of Southern folk /
Drake, Jamil W.,author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface: The legacy of Hampton : folk, religion, and classifying the cabin people -- Moralizing the folk : the negro problem, racial heredity, and religion in the progressive era -- Assimilating the folk : white Southern liberals, revival religion, and regional isolation -- Medicalizing the folk : superstitions, family, and germs in the venereal disease control program -- Saving the folk : cultural lag and the Southern roots of the religion of poverty -- Preserving the folk : folk songs and the irony of romanticism -- Conclusion: The aftermath of the religion of Southern folk.
African Americans
African Americans
African Americans
Poor African Americans
Rural African Americans
Folk religion
Ethnology
Sociology
African Americans.
African Americans
Ethnology.
Folk religion.
Race relations.
Sociology.