Tucked between Appalachia and the Deep South, the Upper Cumberland
region straddles the Kentucky-Tennessee line along the banks of the
Cumberland River. Here, dating from the days of the nation's
earliest history, is one of America's richest repositories of
folklife. Rather than revealing an artifact, however, this
comprehensive study of the Upper Cumberland reveals a living
tradition whose roots in the past continue to nourish the present.
Documented here in descriptive text, photographs, and interviews
are varieties of folk cultural expression in music, architecture,
crafts, schools, religious life, folk medical practices, and
customs surrounding birth, puberty, marriage, and death. "Upper
Cumberland Country" explores the spectrum of folklore from
yesterday and today--from pioneer life and early folk architecture
to teens "cruising" and women deer hunters. In a region filled with
relics, modern voices from the Upper Cumberland speak directly of
the living traditions that give the region its unique character.
Though rooted in pioneer heritage, the folklife here springs into
the present with resonant meanings for contemporary times.
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