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100 1 _aOdum, Howard Washington,
_d1884-1954
245 1 0 _aNegro workaday songs
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2022
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2022-11-18
508 _aTim Lindell, Harry Lamé, Jude Eylander and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
520 _a"Negro Workaday Songs" by Howard Washington Odum and Guy Benton Johnson is a sociological study written in the early 20th century. This work serves as a collection of folk songs primarily from African American workers in the Southern United States, reflecting their daily lives, struggles, and cultural expressions. The book aims to present authentic portrayals of the Negro experience through these workaday songs, going beyond mere aesthetic appreciation to explore their social significance. The beginning of this volume sets the stage for an exploration of the rich tapestry of African American folk music born from labor and hardship. The authors intend to document the context in which these songs were created, drawing from real-life experiences of the singers. They emphasize the wealth of material available, noting songs ranging from prison anthems to lamentation ballads, and highlight the importance of these expressions as mirrors of the collective character and struggles of the black community during a transformative era in American history. Each song is tied to themes of migration, labor challenges, and emotional journeys, with the authors asserting that these works break from traditional folk song classifications, revealing deeper societal truths. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cNew Caledonia: University of North Carolina Press, 1926
653 _aAfrican Americans -- Music -- History and criticism
653 _aFolk music -- Southern States -- History and criticism
653 _aFolk songs, English -- Southern States -- History and criticism
653 _aWork songs -- Southern States -- History and criticism
700 1 _aJohnson, Guy Benton,
_d1901-1991
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/negroworkadayson00odum/page/n7/mode/2up
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69378
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