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70 books match the query 'Folk music' and 3 start with l
Legends and Life in Texas
Folklore from the Lone Star State, in Stories and SongKenneth L. Untiedt
University of North Texas Press, 2017
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Listening For a Life
A Dialogic Ethnography of Bessie Eldreth through Her Songs and StoriesPatricia Sawin
Utah State University Press, 2004
In one sense a folklorist's portrayal of a notable folk artist's life and art, Listening for a Life is equally a rethinking of the processes involved in such work, not only in how the folklorist conveys her subject but in how her subject constitutes and performs herself into being through dialogue with others: those present, those once present, those imagined and anticipated.
Drawing on Bahktinian and feminist theory, Sawin pushes forward our understanding of the interactive roles of ethnographer and subject and in the process gives us a deeper understanding of folk singer and storyteller Bessie Eldreth and her greatest art, herself.
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Long Steel Rail
Norm Cohen
University of Illinois Press, 2000
Impeccable scholarship and lavish illustration mark this landmark study of American railroad folksong. Norm Cohen provides a sweeping discussion of the human aspects of railroad history, railroad folklore, and the evolution of the American folksong. The heart of the book is a detailed analysis of eighty-five songs, from "John Henry" and "The Wabash Cannonball" to "Hell-Bound Train" and "Casey Jones," with their music, sources, history, variations, and discographies. A substantial new introduction updates this edition.
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