Set against the background of the antebellum slave trade, Drums and Shadows traces the persistence of African heritage in the culture of blacks living on the Georgia coast in the 1930s. Members of the Georgia Writers' Project interviewed blacks about conjurethe curses and potionsand about dreams, spirits, and other apparitions.
Drums and Shadows: Survival Studies among the Georgia Coastal Negroes (Brown Thrasher Books Ser.)
Brand: University of Georgia Press
$44.52 - $72.41
- UPC:
- 9780820308517
- Maximum Purchase:
- 3 units
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 1986-05-01
- Release Date:
- 1986-05-01
- Author:
- Writers Project Georgia;Georgia Writers' Project
- Language:
- english
- Edition:
- Revised ed.