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Step It Down: Games, Plays, Songs, and Stories from the Afro-American Heritage (Brown Thrasher Books)
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Description for Step It Down: Games, Plays, Songs, and Stories from the Afro-American Heritage (Brown Thrasher Books)
Paperback. Songs and games, recorded by folklorist Bess Lomax Hawes, capture the shape and color of the crowded, impoverished, life-demanding, and life-loving days of the black family of sixty years ago, revealing the strength and vitality of African and slave traditions in black American life. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations, music. BIC Classification: AVGH; JFHF; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Growing up in the rural South, Bessie Jones sang her way through long hours of field work and child tending, entertaining her young companions with chants and riddles or joining them for a rousing evening of ring dances and singing plays. These songs and games, recorded in Step It Down by folklorist Bess Lomax Hawes, capture the shape and color of the crowded, impoverished, life-demanding, and life-loving days of the black family of sixty years ago, revealing the strength and vitality of African and slave traditions in black American life.
The power of music and motion to transform a ... Read more
Growing up in the rural South, Bessie Jones sang her way through long hours of field work and child tending, entertaining her young companions with chants and riddles or joining them for a rousing evening of ring dances and singing plays. These songs and games, recorded in Step It Down by folklorist Bess Lomax Hawes, capture the shape and color of the crowded, impoverished, life-demanding, and life-loving days of the black family of sixty years ago, revealing the strength and vitality of African and slave traditions in black American life.
The power of music and motion to transform a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Georgia, United States
ISBN
9780820309606
SKU
V9780820309606
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Ref
99-3
About Jones
Bess Lomax Hawes is director of the Folk Arts Program for the National Endowment for the Arts. Bessie Jones (1902-1984) was one of the foremost folk artists in the United States. Her performances, recordings, and educational programs earned noted awards, including a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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