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

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Vlach, John M.
Published: 01/29/1992
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 9780813913667
Pages: 260
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.05w x 0.68d