Gladys-Marie Fry

Broschiertes Buch

Night Riders in Black Folk History

Beschreibung

During and after the days of slavery in the USA, one way in which many whites sought to control the black population was to encourage and exploit a fear of the supernatural. This book explores the gruesome figure of the ""night rider"" in black folk history.

Autor

Gladys-Marie Fry is Professor Emerita of Folklore and English at the University of Maryland at College Park. She has also curated more than a dozen exhibitions at institutions such as the American Folk Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery, Anacostia Museum, Smithsonian Institution. Her books and exhibition catalogs include Night Riders in Black Folk History, Man Made: African American Men and Quilting Traditions, and Black Folk Art in Cleveland.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of North Carolina Press
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. März 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 153mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 372g
• ISBN-13: 9780807849637
• ISBN-10: 0807849634
• Artikelnr.: 21369568