Daisy Turner's kin: an African American family saga

"A daughter of freed African American slaves, Daisy Turner became a living repository of history. The family narrative entrusted to her-- "a well-polished artifact, an heirloom that had been carefully preserved"-- began among the Yoruba in West Africa and continued with her own long l...

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1. Verfasser: Beck, Jane C. 1941- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Urbana [u.a.] Univ. of Illinois Press 2015
Schriftenreihe:Folklore studies in an multicultural world
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Zusammenfassung:"A daughter of freed African American slaves, Daisy Turner became a living repository of history. The family narrative entrusted to her-- "a well-polished artifact, an heirloom that had been carefully preserved"-- began among the Yoruba in West Africa and continued with her own long lifetime. In 1983, folklorist Jane Beck began to interview Turner, then one hundred years old and still relating four generations of oral history"--Page 4 of cover
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-277) and index
Beschreibung:295 S. Ill., Kt. 24 cm
ISBN:9780252080791

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