Nonfiction
Nonfiction

Author: Hugh M. Ruppersburg

Publisher: University of Georgia Press

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 593

ISBN-13: 0820316261

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The White Image in the Black Mind
The White Image in the Black Mind

Author: Mia Bay

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 019510045X

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Historical studies of white racial thought have focused on white ideas about the "Negroes". Bay's study examines the reverse - black ideas about whites, and, consequently, black understandings of race and racial categories

Black Savannah, 1788–1864
Black Savannah, 1788–1864

Author: Whittington Johnson

Publisher: University of Arkansas Press

Published: 1999-07-01

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 1557285462

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Black Savannah focuses upon efforts of African Americans, free and slave, who worked together to establish and maintain a variety of religious, social, and cultural institutions, to carve out niches in the larger economy, and to form cohesive black families in a key city of the Old South.

Annotated Bibliography of Southern American English
Annotated Bibliography of Southern American English

Author: James B. McMillan

Publisher: University Alabama Press

Published: 2018-12-11

Total Pages: 463

ISBN-13: 0817359362

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A collection of the total range of scholarly and popular writing on English as spoken from Maryland to Texas and from Kentucky to Florida The only book-length bibliography on the speech of the American South, this volume focuses on the pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, naming practices, word play, and other aspects of language that have interested researchers and writers for two centuries. Compiled here are the works of linguists, historians, anthropologists, sociologists, and educators, as well as popular commentators. With over 3,800 entries, this invaluable resource is a testament to the significance of Southern speech, long recognized as a distinguishing feature of the South, and the abiding interest of Southerners in their speech as a mark of their identity. The entries encompass Southern dialects in all their distinctive varieties—from Appalachian to African American, and sea islander to urbanite.

Beloved Bethesda
Beloved Bethesda

Author: Edward J. Cashin

Publisher: Mercer University Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 9780865547223

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For example, Bethesda sustained the state during the dark years of 1740 to 1742 when Spanish invaders threatened the infant colony." "Whitefield's "Beloved Bethesda" has seen its graduates take their places in leadership positions throughout the state, and Savannah's residents have sustained the institution. In that respect, the story of Bethesda is also a history of Savannah."--BOOK JACKET.

Behind the Burnt Cork Mask
Behind the Burnt Cork Mask

Author: William John Mahar

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 476

ISBN-13: 9780252066962

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The songs, dances, jokes, parodies, spoofs, and skits of blackface groups such as the Virginia Minstrels and Buckley's Serenaders became wildly popular in antebellum America. Behind the Burnt Cork Mask not only explores the racist practices of these entertainers but considers their performances as troubled representations of ethnicity, class, gender, and culture in the nineteenth century. William J. Mahar's unprecedented archival study of playbills, newspapers, sketches, monologues, and music engages new sources previously not considered in twentieth-century scholarship. More than any other study of its kind, Behind the Burnt Cork Mask investigates the relationships between blackface comedy and other Western genres and traditions; between the music of minstrel shows and its European sources; and between "popular" and "elite" constructions of culture. By locating minstrel performances within their complex sites of production, Mahar offers a significant reassessment of the historiography of the field. Behind the Burnt Cork Mask promises to redefine the study of blackface minstrelsy, charting new directions for future inquiries by scholars in American studies, popular culture, and musicology.