Packy Jim
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Packy Jim
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Author : Ray Cashman
language : en
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Pres
Release Date : 2016-08-30
Packy Jim written by Ray Cashman and has been published by University of Wisconsin Pres this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-30 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A brilliant testament to the ethnographer's art, the deeply rooted wisdom of an "ordinary" person, and the complex ways in which folklore figures in everyday life along the Irish border.
Packy Jim
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Author : Ray Cashman
language : en
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Release Date : 2016-08-30
Packy Jim written by Ray Cashman and has been published by University of Wisconsin Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-30 with Social Science categories.
Growing up on a secluded smuggling route along the border of Northern Ireland and the Republic, Packy Jim McGrath regularly heard the news, songs, and stories of men and women who stopped to pass the time until cover of darkness. In his early years, he says, he was all ears—but now it is his turn to talk. Ray Cashman, who has been interviewing McGrath for more than fifteen years, demonstrates how Packy Jim embellishes daily conversation with stories of ghosts and fairies, heroic outlaws and hateful landlords. Such folklore is a boundless resource that he uses to come to grips with the past and present, this world and the next. His stories reveal an intricate worldview that is both idiosyncratic and shared—a testament to individual intelligence and talent, and a window into Irish vernacular culture.
Varieties Of Narrative Analysis
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Author : James A. Holstein
language : en
Publisher: SAGE
Release Date : 2012
Varieties Of Narrative Analysis written by James A. Holstein and has been published by SAGE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Literary Criticism categories.
Offers practical illustrations from different disciplines and perspectives, showing how researchers from various backgrounds deal with narrative data.
Storytelling On The Northern Irish Border
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Author : Ray Cashman
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2011-09-23
Storytelling On The Northern Irish Border written by Ray Cashman and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-23 with Social Science categories.
A folklorist explores the storytelling traditions of a small Irish town where local character anecdotes build community across sectarian divides. More than quaint local color, folklore is a crucial part of life in Aghyaran, a mixed Catholic-Protestant border community in Northern Ireland. Neighbors socialize during wakes and ceilis—informal nighttime gatherings—without regard to religious, ethnic, or political affiliation. The witty, sometimes raucous stories swapped on these occasions offer a window into Aghyaran residents’ views of self and other in the wake of decades of violent conflict. Through anecdotes about local characters, participants explore the nature of community and identity in ways that transcend Catholic or Protestant sectarian histories. Ray Cashman analyzes local character anecdotes in detail and argues that while politicians may take credit for the peace process in Northern Ireland, no political progress would be possible without ordinary people using shared resources of storytelling and socializing to imagine and maintain community.
The Individual And Tradition
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Author : Ray Cashman
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2011-09-21
The Individual And Tradition written by Ray Cashman and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-21 with Music categories.
Profiles of artists and performers from around the world form the basis of this innovative volume that explores the many ways individuals engage with, carry on, revive, and create tradition. Leading scholars in folklore studies consider how the field has addressed the connections between performer and tradition and examine theoretical issues involved in fieldwork and the analysis and dissemination of scholarship in the context of relationships with the performers. Honoring Henry Glassie and his remarkable contributions to the field of folklore, these vivid case studies exemplify the best of performer-centered ethnography.
Soulsville U S A The Story Of Stax Records
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Author : Rob Bowman
language : en
Publisher: Omnibus Press
Release Date : 2011-08-01
Soulsville U S A The Story Of Stax Records written by Rob Bowman and has been published by Omnibus Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-01 with Music categories.
Walk the halls of the famous studio that produced hits for Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes, Sam and Dave, and Booker T. and the MGs. Soulsville, U.S.A. provides the first history of the groundbreaking label along with compelling biographies of the promoters, producers, and performers who made and sold the music. Over 45 photos. Winner of the 1998 ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award Winner of the ARSC Award for Best Research in Record Labels
The Stars Of Ballymenone New Edition
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Author : Henry Glassie
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2016-09-12
The Stars Of Ballymenone New Edition written by Henry Glassie and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-12 with Social Science categories.
In the time of the Troubles, when bombs blew through the night and soldiers prowled down the roads, Henry Glassie came to the Irish borderland to learn how country people endure through history. He settled into the farming community of Ballymenone, beside Lough Erne in the County Fermanagh, and listened to the old people. For a decade he heard and recorded the stories and songs in which they outlined their culture, recounted their history, and pictured their world. In their view, their world was one of love, defeat, and uncertainty, demanding the virtues of endurance: faith, bravery, and wit. Glassie's task in this book is to set the scene, to sketch the backdrop and clear the stage, so that Hugh Nolan and Michael Boyle, Peter Flanagan, Ellen Cutler, and their neighbors can tell their own tale, which explains their conditions and converts them into a tragedy of conflict and a comedy of the absurd. It gathers the saints and warriors, and celebrates the stars whose wit enabled endurance in days of violence and deprivation. With patience and respect, Glassie describes life in a time and a place exactly like no other, and yet Ballymenone is like a thousand other places where people work on the land during the day and tell their own tales at night, forgotten, while the men of power fill the newspapers and history books by sending poor boys out to be killed. The Stars of Ballymenone is an integrated analysis of the complete repertory of verbal art from a rural community where storytelling and singing of quality remained a part of daily life.
Song King
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Author : Levi S. Gibbs
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2018-05-31
Song King written by Levi S. Gibbs and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-31 with Music categories.
When itinerant singers from China’s countryside become iconic artists, worlds collide. The lives and performances of these representative singers become sites for conversations between the rural and urban, local and national, folk and elite, and traditional and modern. In Song King: Connecting People, Places, and Past in Contemporary China, Levi S. Gibbs examines the life and performances of “Folksong King of Western China” Wang Xiangrong (b. 1952) and explores how itinerant performers come to serve as representative symbols straddling different groups, connecting diverse audiences, and shifting between amorphous, place-based local, regional, and national identities. Moving from place to place, these border walkers embody connections between a range of localities, presenting audiences with traditional, modern, rural, and urban identities among which to continually reposition themselves in an evolving world. Born in a small mountain village near the intersection of the Great Wall and the Yellow River in a border region with a rich history of migration, Wang Xiangrong was exposed to a wide range of songs as a child. The songs of Wang’s youth prepared him to create a repertoire of region-representing pieces and mediate between regions, nations, and multinational corporations in national and international performances. During the course of a career that included meeting Deng Xiaoping in 1980 and running with the Olympic torch in 2008, Wang’s life, songs, and performances have come to highlight various facets of social identity in contemporary China. Drawing on extensive fieldwork with Wang and other professional folksingers from northern Shaanxi province at weddings, Chinese New Year galas, business openings, and Christmas concerts, Song King argues that songs act as public conversations people can join in on. As song kings and queens fuse personal and collective narratives in performances of iconic songs, they provide audiences with compelling models for socializing personal experience, negotiating a sense of self and group in an ever-changing world.
Sweet Soul Music Enhanced Edition
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Author : Peter Guralnick
language : en
Publisher: Little, Brown
Release Date : 2014-11-04
Sweet Soul Music Enhanced Edition written by Peter Guralnick and has been published by Little, Brown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-04 with Music categories.
A gripping narrative that captures the tumult and liberating energy of a nation in transition, Sweet Soul Music is an intimate portrait of the legendary performers--Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, James Brown, Solomon Burke, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, and Al Green among them--who merged gospel and rhythm and blues to create Southern soul music. Through rare interviews and with unique insight, Peter Guralnick tells the definitive story of the songs that inspired a generation and forever changed the sound of American music. This enhanced edition includes: Exclusive video footage prepared specifically for the enhanced eBook that has never been seen before. Rare audio clips.
Respect Yourself
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Author : Robert Gordon
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2013-11-12
Respect Yourself written by Robert Gordon and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-12 with History categories.
The story of Stax Records unfolds like a Greek tragedy. A white brother and sister build a record company that becomes a monument to racial harmony in 1960's segregated south Memphis. Their success is startling, and Stax soon defines an international sound. Then, after losses both business and personal, the siblings part, and the brother allies with a visionary African-American partner. Under integrated leadership, Stax explodes as a national player until, Icarus-like, they fall from great heights to a tragic demise. Everything is lost, and the sanctuary that flourished is ripped from the ground. A generation later, Stax is rebuilt brick by brick to once again bring music and opportunity to the people of Memphis. Set in the world of 1960s and '70s soul music, Respect Yourself is a story of epic heroes in a shady industry. It's about music and musicians -- Isaac Hayes, Otis Redding, Sam and Dave, Wilson Pickett, the Staple Singers, and Booker T. and the M.G.'s, Stax's interracial house band. It's about a small independent company's struggle to survive in a business world of burgeoning conglomerates. And always at the center of the story is Memphis, Tennessee, an explosive city struggling through heated, divisive years. Told by one of our leading music chroniclers, Respect Yourself brings to life this treasured cultural institution and the city that created it.
