NCPI Workmark
Articles in regional publications that pertain to a wide range of North Carolina-related topics.

Search Results


9 results for North Carolina Folklore Journal Vol. 42 Issue 2, Summer/Fall 1995
Currently viewing results 1 - 9
PAGE OF 1
Record #:
2285
Author(s):
Abstract:
The North Carolina Folklore Society has awarded singer/storyteller Bessie Eldreth a 1994 Brown-Hudson Folklore Award for preserving and singing the songs of the Southern Mountain heritage and for encouraging this traditional singing in churches and homes.
Record #:
2742
Author(s):
Abstract:
The North Carolina Folklore Society has awarded Tom Davenport a 1995 Brown-Hudson Folklore Award for his documentary films and narrative adaptations of folk tales.
Record #:
2747
Author(s):
Abstract:
The North Carolina Folklore Society has awarded Beverly Bush Patterson a 1995 Brown Hudson Folklore Award for fieldwork in church music, scholarly publications on song traditions, and organization of institutes for folklorists.
Record #:
2748
Author(s):
Abstract:
The North Carolina Folklore Society has awarded Tommy Thompson a 1995 Brown-Hudson Folklore Award for his music compositions and for preservation and performance of traditional songs.
Record #:
2753
Author(s):
Abstract:
The North Carolina Folklore Society has awarded Bobby McMillon a 1995 Brown-Hudson Award for being a tradition bearer in song and story of Western Carolina folkways.
Record #:
35975
Author(s):
Abstract:
For longtime inhabitants of an area, the landscape itself becomes more than a physical setting for action, becoming impregnated with memories, history, and values. With this in mind, an examination of Eldreth’s ghost stories can yield new insights to the relationship between narrative and place.
Record #:
35976
Author(s):
Abstract:
Figures in early mountain literature were heavily stereotyped. Some examples exist, however, of realistic women, especially in more recent times.
Record #:
35977
Abstract:
Oral History, written by Lee Smith, addresses gender issues and various themes concerning the traditional folk roles of men and women in the culture and belief systems of Appalachia.
Record #:
35978
Author(s):
Abstract:
In Oral History, Smith uses Appalachian social structure and outsider/insider conflict to inform her treatment of different male rites of passage undergone by an outsider and a local.