Contributions

  • Buis, Johann S. - Contributor

Publication

1998 - University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia

Language

English

Word Count

47,500 words, Guess

Page Count

190 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing7861956
  • Goodreads1202160

Classifications

  • DDC305.896/0730758737
  • LCCF292.M15 R67 1998

Description

The ring shout is the oldest-known African American performance tradition surviving on the North American continent. Performed for the purpose of religious worship, this fusion of dance, song, and percussion survives today in the Bolden community of McIntosh County, Georgia. Incorporating oral history, first-person accounts, musical transcriptions, photographs, and drawings, Shout Because You're Free documents a group of performers known as the McIntosh County Shouters.

Subjects

Topics

MUSICReligionFolkloreVolksliedKüstengebietSOCIAL SCIENCEEthnic Studies

Genres

  • Folklore.

Other Editions

  • Shout because you're free: the African American ring shout tradition in coastal GeorgiaUniversity of Georgia Press1998-01-01

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