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By the Work of Their Hands - Studies in Afro-American Folklife (Paperback)
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By the Work of Their Hands - Studies in Afro-American Folklife (Paperback)
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In this book the author aims to revolutionize 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 on his 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. The 9 essays in the book are
divided into three categories: folk arts and crafts, artisan's
lives, and black buildings. They encompass a broad range of
folklife, bringing together the fragmented pieces of African as
well as Caribbean influence. From South Carolina to Texas, and from
Louisiana to Virginia, Vlach provides both general surveys and
specific case studies, and focuses not only on artifacts, but on
the artisan's role as designer and maker. He examines various
manifestations of African culture form direct retentions of African
items to stylistic influences inherent in the creative philosophy,
in the intellectual premises on which the artifact is designed. The
noted stonecarver William Edmonson of Tennessee and contemporary
blacksmith Philip Simmons of Charleston are featured, as well as
countless other artisans from both past and present. The last 20
years have brought an increased awareness of black America's
African heritage, but the lasting influences of African tradition
in material culture has been largely overlooked or denied by
scholars claiming that slave owners had succeeded in divesting
black people of all tangible aspects of the life they had lost.
Using multidisciplinary means, Vlach has broken much new ground in
this complex cross-cultural experience. He uses unconventional
documents to create an alternative history and to demonstrate just
how much of African culture was remembered and how rich and vibrant
the tradition is.
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