By the Work of Their Hands: Studies in Afro-American Folklife

by John Michael Vlach

Book Overview

In this book, America's foremost scholar of African-American folklife revolutionizes our understanding of Afro-American material culture. Bringing to the essays his extensive research into the written, oral, and material sources of Afro-American culture as well as his impressive scholarly knowledge of folklife, social history, anthropology, and art history, Vlach presents the evidence of African influence on black American folklife, both past and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813913667
• ISBN13: 9780813913667
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher