Articles in regional publications that pertain to a wide range of North Carolina-related topics.
The Storyteller as Craftsman: Stanley Hicks Telling “Jack and the Bull”
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35900
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Abstract:
This story examines the performance paradigm of Stanley Hicks, a traditional instrument maker from Bethel community in Watauga County, NC. He told Jack tales for entertainment value, not monetary gain. Hicks’ was a folk authority and his conviction that the art of storytelling is acquired rather than innate.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 36 Issue 2, Summer-Fall 1989,
p73-120, por
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