African banjo echoes in Appalachia
Subtitle: a study of folk traditions
By: Cecelia Conway.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Publications of the American Folklore Society. New series; Publications of the American Folklore Society.
Publisher: University of Tennessee Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Knoxville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 394
Subjects: African Americans -- Appalachian Region -- Music -- History and criticism.; Folk music -- Appalachian Region -- History and criticism.; Folk songs, English -- Appalachian Region -- History and criticism.; Banjo -- Appalachian Region.; Minstrel shows -- Appalachian Region.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-368) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Griots of piedmont North Carolina and portrait of songster Will Baldwin; title: Signifying at the crossroads : African-American traditions of the folk banjo; title: The ritual of minstrelsy : some were buffoons, but others were apprentices; title: Mountain echoes of the African banjo; title: The banjo : its changing form, construction, and use; title: The transmission of playing methods and tunings; title: The banjo song genre : Dink Roberts' man-against-the-law songs; title: Garfield : man against the law, but a man with a community; title: Conclusion.