On the Mall: Presenting Maroon Tradition-Bearers at the 1992 Faf (Special Publications of the Folklore Institute)
by Richard Price, Sally Price
Category: Social Science

. . . engrossing, nuanced, productively and honestly critical in the best sense of the term. --Richard Bauman After recounting their experiences as cultural mediators between African American Maroons from the Suriname rain forest and U.S. festival-goers on the Washington Mall, the authors reflect on how folklorists, anthropologists, and museum curators represent others, as well as themselves.