Shout Because You're Free: African American Ring Shout Tradition in Coastal Georgia - Hardcover

Rosenbaum, Art; Buis, Johann S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0820319341 ISBN 13: 9780820319346

Publisher: University of Georgia Press, 1998

Synopsis

The ring shout is the oldest known African American performance tradition surviving on the North American continent and was first performed for the purpose of religious worship. This book looks at the tradition that demonstrates ties to Africa, slavery, and emancipation.

About this title

Review:

"An impressive body of work. . . . This book should take its place as a significant presentation of grassroots African American song and culture."--"Journal of American Folklore" "This is a splendid addition to the growing literature documenting African cultural survivals in the South."--"Southern Cultures"

About the Author:

Art Rosenbaum is a painter, draftsman, muralist, folk musician, and a professor of art at the Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia. Margo Newmark Rosenbaum is a professional photographer.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0820319341
• ISBN 13: 9780820319346
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 216
• Illustrator: Rosenbaum Art