A controversial and radical interpretation of the most celebrated event on the Southern plantation: the corn-shucking ceremony. Relying on written accounts and oral histories of former slaves, Abrahams reconstructs this event and shows how the interaction of whites and blacks was adapted and imitated by whites in minstrel and vaudeville shows.
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A controversial and radical interpretation of the most celebrated event on the Southern plantation: the corn-shucking ceremony. Relying on written accounts and oral histories of former slaves, Abrahams reconstructs this event and shows how the interaction of whites and blacks was adapted and imitated by whites in minstrel and vaudeville shows.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 5x1x8; The binding is tight, corners sharp. Light wear & foxing on edges of text block. Text and images unmarked. The dust jacket shows some light handling, in a mylar cover.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. First edition. Octavo. 341pp. Black and white illustrations. Remainder mark along the top page edge, slightly bowed boards else about near fine in a near fine lightly age-toned dustwrapper with a slightly faded spine, edge wear.
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Very Good+ in Very Good+ jacket. Very Good+ Hardcover Very Good+ Dust Jacket Pantheon, 1992. First American Edition. 8vo. Clean pages. Tight binding. NOT a library copy. How African culture combined with seasonal harvest festivals in early America! Much focus on corn seasonal festivals, songs and rituals. Roots of Black music outside Gospel too. Great work of scholarship. Tap dancing, folk dance, Singing the roots. See our Three Geese in Flight Book Scans, Cover and Table of Contents.
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