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Tables of Contents for African Banjo Echoes in Appalachia
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
xiii
Acknowledgments
xxv
Introduction Griots of Piedmont North Carolina and Portrait of Songster Will Baldwin
1
54
Signifying at the Crossroads: African-American Traditions of the Folk Banjo
55
29
The Ritual of Minstresly: Some Were Buffoons, but Others Were Apprentices
84
36
Mountain Echoes of the African Banjo
120
40
The Banjo: Its Changing Form, Construction, and Use
160
34
The Transmission of Playing Methods and Tunings
194
44
The Banjo Song Genre: Dink Roberts's Man-against-the-Law Songs
238
25
``Garfield'': A Man against the Law, but a Man with a Community
263
22
Conclusion
285
12
Epilogue
297
6
Appendix Reports of Black Banjo Players and Their Instruments in the United States before 1860
303
10
Notes
313
46
Selected Bibliography
359
10
Song Title Index
369
4
Subject Index
373