Juneteenth Texas: Essays in African-American Folklore Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Juneteenth Texas: Essays in African-American Folklore
  • Added Title Publications of the Texas Folklore Society Number 54
  • Series Title Publications of the Texas Folklore Society

Creator

  • Editor: Abernethy, Francis Edward
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Senior Editor

Contributor

  • Editor: Satterwhite, Carolyn Fiedler
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Assistant Editor
  • Editor: Mullen, Patrick B.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Co-Editor
  • Editor: Govenar, Alan B.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Co-Editor
  • Author: Ross, Donald R.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Black Sacred Harp Singing Remembered
  • Author: Truvillion, Jesse
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Henry Truvillion of the Big Thicket: A Song Worth Singing
  • Author: Jackson, James Thomas
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Once Upon a Time in Houston's Fourth Ward
  • Author: Daniels, Clyde E.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Where the Cedars Grove
  • Author: Alyn, Glen
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Mance Lipscomb: Fight, Flight or the Blues
  • Author: Baker, T. Lindsay
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: More than Just 'Possum'n Taters: Texas-African Foodways in the WPA Slave Narratives
  • Author: Rosenburg, Jan
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Giving Honor to God, the Joy and Salvation in My Life: The Appreciation Service in Song
  • Author: Thomas, Lorenzo
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: From Gumbo to Grammys: The Development of Zydeco Music in Houston
  • Author: Oliphant, Dave
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: From Bebop to Hard Bop and Beyond: The Texas Jazz Connection
  • Author: Burns, Richard Allen
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: African-American Blacksmithing
  • Author: Govenar, Alan
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Musical Traditions of Twentieth Century African-American Cowboys
  • Author: Wardlaw, Alvia J.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: John Biggers-Artist: Traditional Folkways of the Black Community
  • Author: Wiggins, William H., Jr.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Juneteenth: A Red Spot Day on the Texas Calendar
  • Author: Wheat, John
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Lightnin' Hopkins: Blues Bard of the Third Ward
  • Author: Mullen, Pat
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: "Bongo Joe": A Traditional Street Performer
  • Author: Minton, John
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: West African Fiddles in Deep East Texas
  • Author: Harris, Trudier
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: "The Yellow Rose of Texas": A Different Cultural View
  • Author: Prather, Patricia Smith
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: The Texas Trailblazer Project

Publisher

  • Name: University of North Texas Press
    Place of Publication: Denton, Texas

Date

  • Creation: 1996

Language

  • English
  • Spanish

Description

  • Content Description: Volume of essays about African-American folklore, including reminiscences of African-American folk culture in Texas, studies of specific genres of folklore, information about Texas-African food-ways, studies of specific performers, information about songs and other folklore. The index begins on page 353.
  • Physical Description: xi, 364 p. : ports. ; 24 cm.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: African Americans -- Texas -- Folklore.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Folklore -- Texas.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: African Americans -- Texas -- Social life and customs.
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Literature - Folklore
  • Keyword: performers
  • Keyword: folk music
  • Keyword: folk songs
  • Keyword: food-ways
  • Keyword: slave narratives

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas
  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Crosby County
  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Harris County
  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Travis County - Austin
  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Grimes County
  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Bexar County - San Antonio
  • Place Name: United States - Louisiana
  • Place Name: United States - North Carolina
  • Time Period: span-tex
  • Time Period: mex-tex
  • Time Period: tex-rev
  • Time Period: rep-tex
  • Time Period: annex
  • Time Period: slav
  • Time Period: tex-fron
  • Time Period: civ-war
  • Time Period: cat-bom
  • Time Period: new-sou
  • Time Period: mod-tim
  • Coverage Date: 1755~/1995~

Relation

  • Has Format: Juneteenth Texas: Essays in African-American Folklore [e-book], ark:/67531/metadc970082

Collection

  • Name: Texas Folklore Society Publications
    Code: TFSP

Institution

  • Name: UNT Press
    Code: UNTP

Resource Type

  • Book

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • OCLC: 34722452
  • UNT Catalog No.: b1994773
  • Series Number: 54
  • ISBN: 1574410180
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc38859

Note

  • Display Note: "Publications of the Texas Folklore Society LIV."
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