African Banjo Echoes in Appalachia: Study Folk Traditions, Paperback - Cecelia Conway

Reducere. Throughout the Upland South, the banjo has become an emblem of white mountain folk, who are generally credited with creating the short-thumb-string...

Publisher: Grey House in the WoodsAuthor(s): Stuart A Harris-LoganIllustration(s): b/w illlusNumber of pages: 168Publication date: 2006Dimensions: ...

Reducere. In the first comprehensive exploration of the history and practice of folk medicine in the Appalachian region, Anthony Cavender melds folklore, med...

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An intimate reflection on culture and tradition, creativity and power, that draws on a lifetime's commitment to aesthetic encounter

By prioritizing women and conjugality in the historiography of African colonial soldiers, Militarizing Marriage historicizes how the subjugation of...

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Reducere. This book tells the story of why the spider has long legs, a traditional African folk tale. In it, Anansi the spider learns that you usually have t...

Publisher: Indiana University PressAuthor(s): Uchenna OkejaNumber of pages: 234Collection: World PhilosophiesPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 151 ...

Studies the epistemologies of two of the most influential intellectual/spiritual traditions of West Africa: Tijani Sufism and Ifa.Illustrations: 5 ...

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Reducere. DescriptionExploring the Yoruba tradition in the United States, Hucks begins with the story of Nana Oseijeman Adefunmi's personal search for identi...

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Reveals how spirituality and the collective unconscious of all of humanity originated in Africa - Examines the Oldawan, the Ancient Soul of Africa,...

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Reducere. The author picked up his love of folk tales from his father and his uncle, Okuma Totokpuiti Gamega. In the evening, the kids and some adults sat in...

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Reducere. In this beautiful book of photographs and short essays, some of Appalachia's best-known writers profile each other and the place they call home. Ed...

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(Banjo). A great collection of banjo classics, including: Alabama Jubilee * Bye Bye Love * Duelin' Banjos * The Entertainer * Foggy Mountain Breakd...

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A look at the close resemblance between the creation and structure of matter in both Dogon mythology and modern science - Reveals striking similari...

Reducere. Although southern Appalachia is popularly seen as a purely white enclave, blacks have lived in the region from early times. Some hollows and coal c...

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The first man and woman are lonely. What to do? They decide to fashion children out of clay. As they are baking the little figures in their fire, t...

Reducere. Questions of class and gender in Appalachia have, in the wake of the 2016 presidential election and the runaway success of Hillbilly Elegy, moved t...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

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Reducere. In the literate tradition of poetry, the poet's appeal to an audience is dual: namely, auditory and visual, the sound of words as spoken, as well a...

Yegor Grebnev examines crucial noncanonical texts preserved in the Yi Zhou shu (Neglected Zhou Scriptures) and the Grand Duke traditions. He develo...

This work examines variations of the social stratification paradigm in the humanities and social sciences. Extending the boundaries of thematic sem...

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Reducere. Appalachia verite...This fine collection edited and introduced by Charles Dodd White and Larry Smith includes this short fiction: "On the Road with...

DescriptionA fascinating exploration of the rich oral traditions of Southern Appalachia, and the latest volume in the classic, multi-million-copy-s...

Reducere. Central Appalachia and South Wales were built to extract coal, and faced with coal's decline, both regions have experienced economic depression, la...

Publisher: Witches' AlmanacAuthor(s): David (David Conway) ConwayNumber of pages: 376Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 25Cover type: Pa...

DescriptionThe vibrant tradition of West African Arabic poetry is dominated by the genre of madih, that is, poetry in praise of the Prophet Muhamma...