Ghost dancing on the cracker circuit: the culture of festivals in the american south
Auteur :
Brown, Rodger Lyle
Éditeur :
University Press of Mississippi
ISBN :
9780878059065
Date de publication :
28 févr. 1997
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,6 cm
Poids :
333 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Takes the reader on a road trip across the South. Rodger Brown visits many festivals and unweaves their webs to find the meaning that underlies them. Contrary to popular interpretation of them as times of celebration and fund-raising, Brown discerns them to be times of mourning.