African banjo echoes in Appalachia : a study of folk traditions /

Title:

African banjo echoes in Appalachia : a study of folk traditions /

Author:

Conway, Cecelia.

Published:

Knoxville : ©1995.

Format:

Book

Institution:

Wentworth Institute of Technology, MassArt

Contents:

Introduction: Griots of piedmont North Carolina and portrait of songster Will Baldwin -- Signifying at the crossroads : African-American traditions of the folk banjo -- The ritual of minstrelsy : some were buffoons, but others were apprentices -- Mountain echoes of the African banjo -- The banjo : its changing form, construction, and use -- The transmission of playing methods and tunings -- The banjo song genre : Dink Roberts' man-against-the-law songs -- Garfield : man against the law, but a man with a community -- Conclusion.

Online access:

No online access

Library holdings:

MassArt Main
ML3556 .C667 1995 – Available

• Available Temporarily at MassArt Reserves
  On reserve for HART 307-01: The Banjo/Material Culture (Art History: Shales)

Wentworth Stacks--Upper Level
781.62 .C66 1995 – Available