Bibliograph

My old Kentucky home, the astonishing life and reckoning of an iconic American song, Emily Bingham

Type

Label

My old Kentucky home, the astonishing life and reckoning of an iconic American song, Emily Bingham

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-307) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

My old Kentucky home

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1312645758

Responsibility statement

Emily Bingham

Sub title

the astonishing life and reckoning of an iconic American song

Summary

"A history of the popular song 'My Old Kentucky Home' and its impact on American culture"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

The forgetting -- 'Tis summer, the darkies are gay : Stephen Foster, Ethiopian song-writer -- The corn top's ripe : white men's music -- The little cabin floor : "Negro" minstrelsy -- The sun shines bright : white reunification -- To tote the weary load : the burden of black uplift -- Where all was delight : creating the Old Kentucky home -- We will sing one song : fostering an American consensus -- Wherever the darky may go : the D-word as destiny -- They sing no more : black power and back to Bardstown -- Weep no more : a sonic monument -- My old Kentucky HOME

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