Juneteenth Texas: Essays in African-American Folklore
by Alan Govenar, Francis E. Abernethy, Patrick B. Mullen
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Publisher: University of North Texas Press, Publications of the Texas Folklore Society LIV Edition, April 2010
Details: 376 pages, Hardcover, ISBN: 1574412833
Format: 0.8 x 8.6 x 5.9 in.
Juneteenth Texas explores African-American folkways and traditions from both African-American and white perspectives. Included are descriptions and classifications of different aspects of African-American folk culture in Texas; explorations of songs and stories and specific performers such as Lightnin’ Hopkins, Manse Lipscomb, and Bongo Joe; and a section giving resources for the further study of African Americans in Texas.
Review
From Midwest Book Review
These essays exploring Afro-American folklore gathers a fine collection of writings which examine a range of related issues; from the development of regional music springing from Sacred Harp singing to slave narratives and blacksmithing practices in Texas. Story themes are explored in a fine in-depth, scholarly study appropriate for college-level review.
Awards
1998 San Antonio Conservation Society Citation Award
