Roots of a Region by John A. BurrisonCall Number: ebook
ISBN: 9781604733075
Publication Date: 2007-01-01
Roots of a Region reveals the importance of folk traditions in shaping and expressing the American South. This overview covers the entire region and all forms of expression-oral, musical, customary, and material. The author establishes how folklore pervades and reflects the region’s economics, history (especially the Civil War), race relations, religion, and politics. He follows with a catalog of those folk-cultural traits-from food and crafts to music and story-that are distinctly southern. The book then explores the Native American and Old World sources of southern folk culture.