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Coming Through: Voices of a South Carolina Gullah Community from WPA Oral Histories
Genevieve W. Chandler
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Description for Coming Through: Voices of a South Carolina Gullah Community from WPA Oral Histories
Hardcover. Presents interviews, stories, and folktales of former slaves living in the Waccamaw Neck region of South Carolina as collected as part of the WPA Federal Writers Project. This collection includes a survey of the WPA project and of the nuances of Gullah language and culture, and 15 photographs of the subjects. Editor(s): Mills, Kincaid; Peterkin, Genevieve C.; McCollough, Aaron. Num Pages: 384 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; 3JJG; HBTD; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 717.
This title presents oral histories of former slaves along the Carolina coast collected by a woman ahead of her time.""Coming Through"" marks the first publication of the interviews, stories, and folktales of former slaves living in the Waccamaw Neck region of South Carolina as collected as part of the WPA Federal Writers Project. Between 1936 and 1938, Chandler interviewed more than 100 individuals in All Saints Parish, a portion of Horry and Georgetown Counties located between the Waccamaw River and the Atlantic Ocean. Her subjects spoke freely with her on topics ranging from slave punishment to folk medicine, from conditions ... Read more
This title presents oral histories of former slaves along the Carolina coast collected by a woman ahead of her time.""Coming Through"" marks the first publication of the interviews, stories, and folktales of former slaves living in the Waccamaw Neck region of South Carolina as collected as part of the WPA Federal Writers Project. Between 1936 and 1938, Chandler interviewed more than 100 individuals in All Saints Parish, a portion of Horry and Georgetown Counties located between the Waccamaw River and the Atlantic Ocean. Her subjects spoke freely with her on topics ranging from slave punishment to folk medicine, from conditions ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of South Carolina Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
South Carolina, United States
ISBN
9781570037214
SKU
V9781570037214
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Ref
99-3
About Genevieve W. Chandler
Genevieve W. Chandler (1890-1980) moved to Murrells Inlet, South Carolina at the age of ten when her father purchased Wachesaw Plantation and the Hermitage. Her short stories were published in Scribner's, Mademoiselle, and Southwestern Review. Kincaid Mills is an investment manager, conservationist, and independent scholar living in Lookout Mountain, Georgia. Daughter of Genevieve W. Chandler, Genevieve C. Peterkin is a ... Read more
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