{"product_id":"singing-the-master-the-emergence-of-african-american-culture-in-the-plantationsouth-9780140179194","title":"Singing the Master: The Emergence of African-American Culture in the Plantationsouth","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Impressive...A scrupulously researched work enlarging our understanding of an integral aspect of slave culture.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat was it like to be a slave on a plantation of the antebellum South? How did the fiction of the happy slave and myth of the plantation \"family\" evolve? How did slaves create a performance style that unified them, while simultaneously entertaining and mocking the master? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe answers to these questions may be found in the groundbreaking study of the corn-shucking ceremonies of the prewar South, where white masters played host to local slaves and watched their \"guests\" perform exuberant displays of singing and dancing. Drawing on the detailed written and oral histories of masters, slaves, and Northern commentators, distinguished folklorist Roger Abrahams peels through layers of racism and nostalgia surrounding this celebration to uncover its true significance in the lives and imagination of both blacks and whites - and in the evolution of an enduring African-American culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoger D. Abrahams\u003c\/b\u003e was the Hum Rosen Professor of Humanities, Emeritus, at the University of Pennsylvania. He was the author and editor of a large number of books, including \u003ci\u003eEveryday Life: A Poetics of Vernacular Practices\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAfrican Folktales: Traditional Stories of the Black World, African-American Folktales: Stories from Black Traditions in the New World, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSinging the Master: The Emergence of African-American Culture in the Plantation South\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51985480319250,"sku":"9780140179194","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_74a92372-756c-4480-9d9a-4e8f5f314b16.jpg?v=1769537170","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/singing-the-master-the-emergence-of-african-american-culture-in-the-plantationsouth-9780140179194","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}