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Tables of Contents for Shared Traditions
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction
1
10
Southern Folk Culture: Unity in Diversity
11
18
Part 1: The Old South
``Let Us Break Bread Together'': Cultural Interaction in the Old South
29
12
``In His Hands'': The World of the Plantation Slaves
41
52
History as Ritual: Rites of Power and Resistance on the Slave Plantation
93
10
``Guilty of Holiest Crime'': The Passion of John Brown
103
38
Part 2: Three Historiographical Forays
The South as a Folk Culture: David Potter and the Southern Enigma
141
10
The Bold Fischer Man: David Hackett Fischer and the British Sources of American Folk Culture
151
15
The Narrowing Gyre: Henry Glassie, Irish Folk Culture, and the American South
166
11
Part 3: The New South
A Community of Memory: Assimilation and Identity among the Jews of Georgetown
177
16
The Sounds of Southern Culture: Blues, Country, Jazz, and Rock
193
15
Sweet Music: Tradition, Creativity, and the Appalachian Dulcimer
208
20
Sea Island Legacy: Folk Tradition and the Civil Rights Movement
228
15
Part 4: Folklore and History: A Dialogue
``Alice of the Hermitage'': A Study in Legend, Belief, and History
243
11
A Model for the Analysis of Folklore Performance in Historical Context
254
8
Folklore and Social Transformation: Historians and Folklorists in the Modern World
262
13
Part 5: The Future of Folk Culture
Endangered Traditions: Resort Development and Cultural Conservation on the Sea Islands
275
8
Notes
283
66
Index
349