John Michael Vlach

Broschiertes Buch

By the Work of Their Hands

Studies in Afro-American Folklife

Beschreibung

In this book, America's foremost scholar of African-American folklife revolutionizes our understanding of Afro-American material culture. Bringing to the essays his extensive research into the written, oral, and material sources of Afro-American culture as well as his impressive scholarly knowledge of folklife, social history, anthropology, and art history, Vlach presents the evidence of African influence on black American folklife, both past and present.

Autor

John Michael Vlach is Chair of the American Studies Program, Professor of American Civilization and Director of the Folklife Program at George Washington University. He is the author of The Afro-American Tradition in Decorative Arts; Charleston Blacksmith: The Work of Philip Simmons; and Plain Planters: Making Sense of American Art.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of Virginia
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Oktober 1991
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 427g
• ISBN-13: 9780813913667
• ISBN-10: 0813913667
• Artikelnr.: 22059012