Bibliograph

African banjo echoes in Appalachia, a study of folk traditions, Cecelia Conway

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Label

African banjo echoes in Appalachia, a study of folk traditions, Cecelia Conway

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-368) and indexes

resource.governmentPublication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

African banjo echoes in Appalachia

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

31707441

Responsibility statement

Cecelia Conway

Series statement

Publications of the American Folklore Society. New series

Sub title

a study of folk traditions

Table Of Contents

Griots of Piedmont North Carolina and portrait of songster Will Baldwin -- Signifying at the crossroads : African-American traditions of the folk banjo -- The ritual of minstrelsy : some were buffoons, but others were apprentices -- Mountain echoes of the African banjo -- The banjo : its changing form, construction, and use -- The transmission of playing methods and tunings -- The banjo song genre : Dink Roberts's man-against-the-law songs -- "Garfield" : a man against the law, but a man with a community

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