The Resource Long past slavery : representing race in the Federal Writers' Project, Catherine A. Stewart
Long past slavery : representing race in the Federal Writers' Project, Catherine A. Stewart
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- Summary
- "From 1936 to 1939, the New Deal's Federal Writers' Project collected life stories from more than 2,300 former African American slaves. These narratives are now widely used as a source to understand the lived experience of those who made the transition from slavery to freedom. But in this examination of the project and its legacy, Catherine A. Stewart shows it was the product of competing visions of the past, as ex-slaves' memories of bondage, emancipation, and life as freedpeople were used to craft arguments for and against full inclusion of African Americans in society. Stewart demonstrates how project administrators, such as the folklorist John Lomax; white and black interviewers, including Zora Neale Hurston; and the ex-slaves themselves fought to shape understandings of black identity. She reveals that some influential project employees were also members of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, intent on memorializing the Old South. Stewart places ex-slaves at the center of debates over black citizenship to illuminate African Americans' struggle to redefine their past as well as their future in the face of formidable opposition."--Back cover
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xv, 353 pages
- Contents
-
- The passing away of the old time Negro: 200 folk culture, Civil War memory, and black authority in the 1930s
- Committing mayhem on the body grammatic: the Federal Writers' Project, the American guide, and representations of black identity
- Out of the mouths of slaves: the Ex-Slave Project and the "Negro question"
- Adventures of a ballad hunter: John Lomax and the pursuit of black folk cuture
- The everybody who's nobody: black employees in the Federal Writers' Project
- Conjure queen: Zora Neale Hurston and black folk culture
- Follow me through Florida: Florida's Negro writers' unit, the Ex-Slave Project, and The Florida Negro
- Rewriting the master('s) narrative: signifying in the ex-slave narratives
- Epilogue : Freedom dreams: the last generation
- Isbn
- 9781469626260
- Label
- Long past slavery : representing race in the Federal Writers' Project
- Title
- Long past slavery
- Title remainder
- representing race in the Federal Writers' Project
- Statement of responsibility
- Catherine A. Stewart
- Subject
-
- 1900-1999
- Collective memory -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- History
- African Americans -- Race identity
- African Americans -- Psychology
- Cultural pluralism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Collective memory
- African Americans -- Race identity | History -- 20th century
- Federal Writers' Project
- African Americans -- Psychology | History -- 20th century
- Cultural pluralism
- United States
- United States -- Race relations | History -- 20th century
- Federal Writers' Project
- Race relations
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "From 1936 to 1939, the New Deal's Federal Writers' Project collected life stories from more than 2,300 former African American slaves. These narratives are now widely used as a source to understand the lived experience of those who made the transition from slavery to freedom. But in this examination of the project and its legacy, Catherine A. Stewart shows it was the product of competing visions of the past, as ex-slaves' memories of bondage, emancipation, and life as freedpeople were used to craft arguments for and against full inclusion of African Americans in society. Stewart demonstrates how project administrators, such as the folklorist John Lomax; white and black interviewers, including Zora Neale Hurston; and the ex-slaves themselves fought to shape understandings of black identity. She reveals that some influential project employees were also members of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, intent on memorializing the Old South. Stewart places ex-slaves at the center of debates over black citizenship to illuminate African Americans' struggle to redefine their past as well as their future in the face of formidable opposition."--Back cover
- Cataloging source
- NcU/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Stewart, Catherine A
- Dewey number
- 305.896/0730904
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E185.625
- LC item number
- .S763 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Federal Writers' Project
- African Americans
- African Americans
- Collective memory
- Cultural pluralism
- United States
- Federal Writers' Project
- African Americans
- African Americans
- Collective memory
- Cultural pluralism
- Race relations
- United States
- Label
- Long past slavery : representing race in the Federal Writers' Project, Catherine A. Stewart
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-334) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The passing away of the old time Negro: 200 folk culture, Civil War memory, and black authority in the 1930s -- Committing mayhem on the body grammatic: the Federal Writers' Project, the American guide, and representations of black identity -- Out of the mouths of slaves: the Ex-Slave Project and the "Negro question" -- Adventures of a ballad hunter: John Lomax and the pursuit of black folk cuture -- The everybody who's nobody: black employees in the Federal Writers' Project -- Conjure queen: Zora Neale Hurston and black folk culture -- Follow me through Florida: Florida's Negro writers' unit, the Ex-Slave Project, and The Florida Negro -- Rewriting the master('s) narrative: signifying in the ex-slave narratives -- Epilogue : Freedom dreams: the last generation
- Control code
- 945184847
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xv, 353 pages
- Isbn
- 9781469626260
- Lccn
- 2015017267
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)945184847
- Label
- Long past slavery : representing race in the Federal Writers' Project, Catherine A. Stewart
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-334) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The passing away of the old time Negro: 200 folk culture, Civil War memory, and black authority in the 1930s -- Committing mayhem on the body grammatic: the Federal Writers' Project, the American guide, and representations of black identity -- Out of the mouths of slaves: the Ex-Slave Project and the "Negro question" -- Adventures of a ballad hunter: John Lomax and the pursuit of black folk cuture -- The everybody who's nobody: black employees in the Federal Writers' Project -- Conjure queen: Zora Neale Hurston and black folk culture -- Follow me through Florida: Florida's Negro writers' unit, the Ex-Slave Project, and The Florida Negro -- Rewriting the master('s) narrative: signifying in the ex-slave narratives -- Epilogue : Freedom dreams: the last generation
- Control code
- 945184847
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xv, 353 pages
- Isbn
- 9781469626260
- Lccn
- 2015017267
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)945184847
Subject
- 1900-1999
- African Americans -- Psychology
- African Americans -- Psychology | History -- 20th century
- African Americans -- Race identity
- African Americans -- Race identity | History -- 20th century
- Collective memory
- Collective memory -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Cultural pluralism
- Cultural pluralism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Federal Writers' Project
- Federal Writers' Project
- History
- Race relations
- United States
- United States -- Race relations | History -- 20th century
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