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Overview"Folklore Matters gathers over a half-century of articles, memoirs, field studies, and more by master folklorist Bruce Jackson. Jackson's wide-ranging view of what makes up folklore, his affection for his subjects, and his keen-eyed ability to observe and record without prejudice stories, songs, and lore from everyone from death-row inmates to numbers runners, hustlers, and legendary blues musicians shines through. In his own words, Jackson's essays ""bear witness"" to worlds that others have too easily ignored. This book includes Jackson's landmark work on prison lore and toasts (the predecessor of rap); labor and criminology; his wide-ranging interest in African American lore and legend; his encounters with legendary figures including Alan Lomax and Pete Seeger; and articles that challenge the many traps and pitfalls that plague much of academic study. Folklore Matterswill delight, inform, and inspire all those who value America's deepest traditions and the endless creativity of the unrecognized masters of our national culture." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Bruce JacksonPublisher: State University of New York Press Imprint: State University of New York Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.227kg ISBN: 9781438496153ISBN 10: 143849615 Pages: 388 Publication Date: 02 August 2024 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of Contents"Introduction: Getting Here Part I: Scenes 1. Prison Folklore 2. In the Valley of the Shadows 3. In the Arctic with Malaurie Part II: Outside the Law 4. From In the Life 5. From A Thief 's Primer Part III: The Folksong Revival 6. The Folksong Revival 7. Skip James: ""Skippy been places . . ."" 8. Liner Notes: Phil Ochs Part IV: Black Studies 9. The Glory Songs of the Lord 10. The Other Kind of Doctor: Conjure and Magic in Black American Folk Medicine 11. Foreword to Lydia Parrish, Slave Songs of the Georgia Sea Islands 12. Introduction to The Negro and His Folklore in Nineteenth-Century Periodicals 13. Prison Worksongs: The Composer in Negatives 14. What Happened to Jody 15. The Afro-American Toast and Worksong: Two Dead Genres Part V: People 16. Benjamin A. Botkin (1901–1975) 17. Remembering Alan Lomax (January 31, 1915–July 19, 2002) 18. Legman: The King of X700 19. In Prison with Pete Seeger Part VI: The Folklore Business 20. Things That from a Long Way Off Look Like Flies 21. Folkloristics 22. Arctic Silence: Icy Terror in the Heart of the Smithsonian 23. ""Only the Sailor Knows the Archipelago"" 24. From the Editor: The Humanities at Risk 25. From the Editor: Dead Soldiers and the Arctic Night Index"Reviews"""Folklore Matters is a richly deserved salute to Bruce Jackson's unswerving commitment to document and preserve American voices and a challenge to future generations to carry his torch forward."" — William Ferris, former Director of the National Endowment for the Humanities ""Bruce Jackson is as comfortable with the blues of traditionalist Skip James and the folk revival passions of Pete Seeger as with the theoretical concerns of Michel Foucault."" — Nick Spitzer, Producer of American Routes" Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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