Book Specs
Trade Paper
University of Virginia Press
Published on
Jan 29, 1992
Edition
st Edition
Dimensions
6.00x0.59x9.00 Inches
Weight
0.94 Pounds
About the Book
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.