Songs about Work: Essays in Occupational Culture for Richard A. Reuss (Special Publications of the Folklore Institute, Indiana University)
by Archie Green (Editor)
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... an impressive collection... this book marks a milestone in the study of labor an occupational songs." --Journal of American Folklore This is an important contribution to Ameican history, saluting those who built the country with their labor."--Come-All-Ye The remembrances are sensitive and perceptive, the essays are insightful and thought-provoking... " --Sonneck Society Bulletin These essays offer striking portraits of working environments where song arose in response to prevailing show more conditions. Included are the protest blues of African American levee workers, the corridos of Chicano farm workers, and the European songs of immigrant lumber workers in the Midwest. show lessTags
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Archie Green has taught English and folklore at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the University of Texas, and the Ohio State University.
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- Original publication date
- 1993
- People/Characters
- Joe Hill; Woody Guthrie; Guy Askew
- Important places
- Coal Creek, Tennessee, USA
- First words
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Judith McCulloh
A Tribute to Dick Reuss
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Dick Reuss remain strong in our minds and memories, as much for his personal integrity as for the strength of his scholarship... (show all).
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