John Henry A Folk Lore Study
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John Henry
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Author : Louis Watson Chappell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
John Henry written by Louis Watson Chappell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with African Americans categories.
John Henry
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Author : Louis Watson Chappell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1933
John Henry written by Louis Watson Chappell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1933 with categories.
John Henry And His People
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Author : John Garst
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2022-01-05
John Henry And His People written by John Garst and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-05 with Social Science categories.
The song "John Henry," perhaps America's greatest folk ballad, is about an African-American steel driver who raced and beat a steam drill, dying "with his hammer in his hand" from the effort. Most singers and historians believe John Henry was a real person, not a fictitious one, and that his story took place in West Virginia--though other places have been proposed. John Garst argues convincingly that it took place near Dunnavant, Alabama, in 1887. The author's reconstruction, based on contemporaneous evidence and subsequent research, uncovers a fascinating story that supports the Dunnavant location and provides new insights. Beyond John Henry, readers will discover the lives and work of his people: Black and white singers; his "captain," contractor Frederick Dabney; C. C. Spencer, the most credible eyewitness; John Henry's wife; the blind singer W. T. Blankenship, who printed the first broadside of the ballad; and later scholars who studied John Henry. The book includes analyses of the song's numerous iterations, several previously unpublished illustrations and a foreword by folklorist Art Rosenbaum.
John Henry
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Author : Guy Benton Johnson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1929
John Henry written by Guy Benton Johnson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1929 with African American men categories.
Work Songs
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Author : Ted Gioia
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2006-04-13
Work Songs written by Ted Gioia and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-04-13 with Music categories.
DIVThe place of music in different forms of work from the earliest hunting and planting to the contemporary office./div
John Henry
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: First Avenue Editions
Release Date : 2007-09-01
John Henry written by and has been published by First Avenue Editions this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-09-01 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Retells the life of the legendary African American hero who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain.
Encyclopedia Of American Folklore
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Author : Linda Watts
language : en
Publisher: Infobase Holdings, Inc
Release Date : 2020-07-01
Encyclopedia Of American Folklore written by Linda Watts and has been published by Infobase Holdings, Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
Folklore has been described as the unwritten literature of a culture: its songs, stories, sayings, games, rituals, beliefs, and ways of life. Encyclopedia of American Folklore helps readers explore topics, terms, themes, figures, and issues related to this popular subject. This comprehensive reference guide addresses the needs of multiple audiences, including high school, college, and public libraries, archive and museum collections, storytellers, and independent researchers. Its content and organization correspond to the ways educators integrate folklore within literacy and wider learning objectives for language arts and cultural studies at the secondary level. This well-rounded resource connects United States folk forms with their cultural origin, historical context, and social function. Appendixes include a bibliography, a category index, and a discussion of starting points for researching American folklore. References and bibliographic material throughout the text highlight recently published and commonly available materials for further study. Coverage includes: Folk heroes and legendary figures, including Paul Bunyan and Yankee Doodle Fables, fairy tales, and myths often featured in American folklore, including "Little Red Riding Hood" and "The Princess and the Pea" American authors who have added to or modified folklore traditions, including Washington Irving Historical events that gave rise to folklore, including the civil rights movement and the Revolutionary War Terms in folklore studies, such as fieldwork and the folklife movement Holidays and observances, such as Christmas and Kwanzaa Topics related to folklore in everyday life, such as sports folklore and courtship/dating folklore Folklore related to cultural groups, such as Appalachian folklore and African-American folklore and more.
John Henry
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Author : Roark Bradford
language : en
Publisher: OUP USA
Release Date : 2008-10-23
John Henry written by Roark Bradford and has been published by OUP USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-23 with Drama categories.
The legendary folk-hero John Henry, in addition to being the subject of one of the most popular songs in American history (both a ballad and a hammer song, it was among the first songs considered "the blues" and was one of the first recorded "country" songs), was also, early in the century, the subject of an award-winning novel and a dramatic rendition, which was staged on Broadway and starred Paul Robeson. This little remembered chapter in the life of an American icon has been resurrected in this critical edition compiled by Steven C. Tracy. In it, Roark Bradford's novel and play about John Henry are reprinted in their entirety and supplemented by a discography of recordings, a chronology, and a comprehensive introduction that explores Bradford's life and work, critical responses to the novel and play, and a survey of John Henry's pervasive influence in folk, literary, and popular culture.
A Folk Lore Study
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Author : John Henry
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1933
A Folk Lore Study written by John Henry and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1933 with categories.
Folklore Recycled
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Author : Frank de Caro
language : en
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Release Date : 2013-05-30
Folklore Recycled written by Frank de Caro and has been published by Univ. Press of Mississippi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-30 with Social Science categories.
Folklore Recycled starts from the proposition that folklore—usually thought of in its historical social context as “oral tradition”—is easily appropriated and recycled into other contexts. That is, writers may use folklore in their fiction or poetry, taking plots, as an example, from a folktale. Visual artists may concentrate on depicting folk figures or events, like a ritual or a ceremony. Tourism officials may promote a place through advertising its traditional ways. Folklore may play a role in intellectual conceptualizations, as when nationalists use folklore to promote symbolic unity. Folklore Recycled discusses the larger issue of folklore being recycled into non-folk contexts, and proceeds to look at a number of instances of repurposing. Colson Whitehead's novel John Henry Days is a literary text that recycles folklore but does so in a manner which examines a number of other uses of the American folk figure John Henry. The nineteenth-century members of the Louisiana branch of the American Folklore Society and the author Lyle Saxon in the twentieth century used African American folklore to establish personal connections to the world of the southern plantation and buttress their own social status. The writer Lafcadio Hearn wrote about folklore to strengthen his insider credentials wherever he lived. Photographers in Louisiana leaned on folklife to solidify local identity and to promote government programs and industry. Promoters of “unorthodox” theories about history have used folklore as historical document. Americans in Mexico took an interest in folklore for acculturation, for tourism promotion, for interior decoration, and for political ends. All of the examples throughout the book demonstrate the durability and continued relevance of folklore in every context it appears.