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Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Race, Identity, and the Melungeon Legend 1 Chapter 1: Inventing the Melungeons 33 Chapter 2: Melungeons and Media Representation 51 Chapter 3: Playing the First Melungeons 69 Chapter 4: Becoming Melungeon 87 Chapter 5: The Mediterranean Mystique 113 Chapter 6: The Melungeon Core 141 Closing Thoughts 179 Appendix 1: Melungeon Questionnaire 187 Appendix 2: Media Articles 191 Notes 209 Works Cited 211 Index 219 contents ...

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