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African American Folksong and American Cultural Politics
In African American Folksong and American Cultural Politics: The Lawrence Gellert Story, scholar and musician Bruce Conforth tells the story of one of the most unusual collections of African American folk music ever amassed—and the remarkable story of the man who produced it: Lawrence Gellert. Compiled between the World Wars, Gellert's recordings were immediately adopted by the American Left as the voice of the true American proletariat, with the songs—largely variants of traditional work songs or blues—dubbed by the Left as "songs of protest." As both the songs and Gellert’s standing itself turned into propaganda weapons of left-wing agitators, Gellert experienced a meteoric rise wi...
Observing the Outports
In Observing the Outports, Jeff A. Webb illustrates how interdisciplinary collaborations created the field of "Newfoundland studies."
Many voices
This volume provides a historical overview of the development and role of Anglo-Canadian folklore studies in Canada and their relationship to similar research conducted with respect to French Canadians, minority groups within Canada, within the wider Canadian context, and at the international level.
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Master The SSAT* & ISEE**
Providing all the prep needed to score higher on the SSAT and ISEE, this guide contains up-to-date information on the tests, hundreds of practice questions and four full-length practice tests (all with detailed answer explanations), and solid test-taking advice.
Master the SSAT/ISEE: Practice Test 5
Peterson's Master the SSAT & ISEE: Practice Test 5 features a full-length ISEE exam. The practice test is designed to prepare test-takers for the verbal, quantitative, and reading comprehension questions-as well as the written essays-they will find on the actual exam. Peterson's Master the SSAT & ISEE provides students with detailed strategies to help maximize their test scores AND assists parents with guidance on selecting, applying to, and paying for private school. For more information see Peterson's Master the SSAT & ISEE.
The Beautiful Music All Around Us
The Beautiful Music All Around Us presents the extraordinarily rich backstories of thirteen performances captured on Library of Congress field recordings between 1934 and 1942 in locations reaching from Southern Appalachia to the Mississippi Delta and the Great Plains. Including the children's play song "Shortenin' Bread," the fiddle tune "Bonaparte's Retreat," the blues "Another Man Done Gone," and the spiritual "Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down," these performances were recorded in kitchens and churches, on porches and in prisons, in hotel rooms and school auditoriums. Documented during the golden age of the Library of Congress recordings, they capture not only the words and tunes of t...
