In this Book
- When Roots Die: Endangered Traditions on the Sea Islands
- Book
- 1987
- Published by: University of Georgia Press
summary
When Roots Die celebrates and preserves the venerable Gullah culture of the sea islands of the South Carolina and Georgia coast. Entering into communities long isolated from the world by a blazing sun and salt marshes, Patricia Jones-Jackson captures the cadence of the storyteller lost in the adventures of "Brer Rabbit," records voices lifted in song or prayer, and describes folkways and beliefs that have endured, through ocean voyage and human bondage, for more than two hundred years.
Table of Contents
Download Full Book
- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. iii-iv
- In Memoriam
- p. xviii
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xxv-xxvii
- Introduction
- pp. 1-3
- 2. The Folk Literature
- pp. 32-76
- 3. The Texts
- pp. 77-131
- 4. The Language
- pp. 132-146
- Conclusion
- pp. 147-149
- Appendix 1 An Interview: Catching Fish
- pp. 151-155
- Appendix 2 Buh Rabbit en' de Lawd
- pp. 156-157
- Appendix 4 The Land Question
- pp. 165-168
- Selected Bibliography
- pp. 179-183
Additional Information
ISBN
9780820342412
Related ISBN(s)
9780820308333
MARC Record
OCLC
753978358
Pages
224
Launched on MUSE
2012-02-08
Language
English
Open Access
No