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

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

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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 present.

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By the Work of Their Hands: Studies in Afro-American Folklife,John Michael Vlach,University of Virginia Press,0813913667,African American decorative ar,African American decorative arts,African Americans,Antiques/Collectibles,Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor,Folk & Outsider Art,Folk Arts,Material culture,Sociology,Anthropology,Black studies,Folklore,USA

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