By the Work of Their Hands: Studies in Afro-American Folklife

In this book, America's foremost scholar of African-American folklife revolutionizes our understanding of Afro-American material culture. Bringing to the essays his extensive research into the written, oral, and material sources of Afro-American culture as well as his impressive scholarly knowledge of folklife, social history, anthropology, and art history, Vlach presents the evidence of African influence on black American folklife, both past and present.


Author: John M. Vlach
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: 01/29/1992
Pages: 260
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.05w x 0.68d
ISBN: 9780813913667
About the Author
John Michael Vlach is Chair of the American Studies Program, Professor of American Civilization and Director of the Folklife Program at George Washington University. He is the author of The Afro-American Tradition in Decorative Arts; Charleston Blacksmith: The Work of Philip Simmons; and Plain Planters: Making Sense of American Art.