Singing the Master: The Emergence of African-American Culture in the PlantationSouth
Description
“Impressive…A scrupulously researched work enlarging our understanding of an integral aspect of slave culture.”–-The Washington Post Book WorldWhat was it like to be a slave on a plantation of the antebellum South? How did the fiction of the happy slave and myth of the plantation “family” evolve? How did slaves create a performance style that unified them, while simultaneously entertaining and mocking the master?The answers to these questions may be found in the groundbreaking study of the corn-shucking ceremonies of the prewar South, where white masters...
ISBN(s)
0140179194, 9780140179194
