ISBN:
9780878057924
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (235 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Great Smoky Mountains Folklife
DDC:
398.0976889
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
The Great Smoky Mountains, at the border of eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina, are among the highest peaks of the southern Appalachian chain. Although this area shares much with the cultural traditions of all southern Appalachia, the folklife here has been uniquely shaped by historical events, including the Cherokee Removal of the 1830s and the creation of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park a century later.This book surveying the rich folklife of this special place in the American South offers a view of the culture as it has been defined and changed by scholars, missionaries, th
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART ONE: Historical Overview; 1. Settlement and Removal; 2. "Discovering" the Folklife of the Great Smokies; PART TWO: Changing Traditions in the Twentieth Century; 3. Music and Dance; 4. Material Folk Traditions; 5. Food, Drink, and Medicine; 6. Verbal Lore; PART THREE: Tourism and the National Park; 7. Parklore; 8. Displacement and Sense of Place in the National Park; 9. Displays of Culture; Bibliographic Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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