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• catalog abstract "In the American South before the Civil War, a harvest celebration developed surrounding the shucking of the corn each autumn. This event brought together both slave and master, with the slaves encouraged to perform. Thanks to the reports of visitors and foreigners, the corn-shucking ceremony became a representative scene of plantation life. In Singing the Master, Roger Abrahams reconstructs the genesis of the celebration--and offers a controversial and radical interpretation of the occasion. Tracing the origins of the ceremony to the English custom of harvest home, Abrahams shows how the slaves, encouraged to express their African cultural heritage, transformed a chance for performance and self-expression into an opportunity for moral and social commentary--an occasion to mock and ridicule their masters. Abrahams also analyzes the corn-shucking ceremony's fascinating dual cultural legacy--how the African American performance style influenced white culture as it was adapted and imitated by whites in minstrel and vaudeville shows; and also how the bardic role of the performer, the subversive treatment of authority, and interplay with the audience are present in African American performance style today.".
• catalog contributor b3667969.
• catalog coverage "Southern States Social life and customs 1775-1865.".
• catalog created "c1992.".
• catalog date "1992".
• catalog date "c1992.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1992.".
• catalog description "1. "Ain't You Gwine to the Shucking of the Corn?" -- 2. Orders Within Order: Cavalier and Slave Culture on the Plantation -- 3. An American Version of Pastoral -- 4. Festive Spirit in the Development of African American Style -- 5. Signifying Leadership on the Plantation -- 6. Powerful Imitations -- Appendix I: The Corn-Shucking Accounts -- Appendix II: Accounts from Interviews with Ex-Slaves.".
• catalog description "In the American South before the Civil War, a harvest celebration developed surrounding the shucking of the corn each autumn. This event brought together both slave and master, with the slaves encouraged to perform. Thanks to the reports of visitors and foreigners, the corn-shucking ceremony became a representative scene of plantation life. In Singing the Master, Roger Abrahams reconstructs the genesis of the celebration--and offers a controversial and radical interpretation of the occasion. Tracing the origins of the ceremony to the English custom of harvest home, Abrahams shows how the slaves, encouraged to express their African cultural heritage, transformed a chance for performance and self-expression into an opportunity for moral and social commentary--an occasion to mock and ridicule their masters. Abrahams also analyzes the corn-shucking ceremony's fascinating dual cultural legacy--how the African American performance style influenced white culture as it was adapted and imitated by whites in minstrel and vaudeville shows; and also how the bardic role of the performer, the subversive treatment of authority, and interplay with the audience are present in African American performance style today.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• catalog extent "xxvi, 341 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Singing the master.".
• catalog identifier "0394555910".
• catalog isFormatOf "Singing the master.".
• catalog issued "1992".
• catalog issued "c1992.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : Pantheon Books,".
• catalog relation "Singing the master.".
• catalog spatial "Southern States Social life and customs 1775-1865.".
• catalog spatial "Southern States".
• catalog spatial "Southern States.".
• catalog subject "975/.00496 20".
• catalog subject "E443 .A26 1992".
• catalog subject "Plantation life Southern States History 19th century.".
• catalog subject "Slaves Social life and customs Southern States.".
• catalog subject "Slaves Southern States Social life and customs.".
• catalog tableOfContents "1. "Ain't You Gwine to the Shucking of the Corn?" -- 2. Orders Within Order: Cavalier and Slave Culture on the Plantation -- 3. An American Version of Pastoral -- 4. Festive Spirit in the Development of African American Style -- 5. Signifying Leadership on the Plantation -- 6. Powerful Imitations -- Appendix I: The Corn-Shucking Accounts -- Appendix II: Accounts from Interviews with Ex-Slaves.".
• catalog title "Singing the master : the emergence of African American culture in the plantation South / Roger D. Abrahams.".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".