Archie Green – författare

A legendary teacher's lifelong dedication to grassroots culture Archie Green - shipwright, folklorist, teacher, and lobbyist - is a legendary figure in the field of American folklore and vernacular culture studies. An inspiration to a generation of students and scholars, Green is known for the remarkable passion, intelligence, and curiosity he brings to his explorations of everyday people, their communities, their work, and their forms of expression. This book gathers twelve essays intended to represent the range of Green's writings over forty years. Selections include a study of folk depictions in the art of Thomas Hart Benton, investigations of occupational and labor language, and a contemplative account of personal and political morality in the study of Appalachian musicians. In an afterword, Green traces his career and reflects on the state of folklore as a discipline today. Woven through the foreword by Robert Cantwell is Green's biographv. key to understanding his unique mix of activism and scholarship.

" . . . an impressive collection . . . this book marks a milestone in the study of labor an occupational songs." —Journal of American Folklore"This is an important contribution to Ameican history, saluting those who built the country with their labor." —Come-All-Ye"The remembrances are sensitive and perceptive, the essays are insightful and thought-provoking . . . " —Sonneck Society BulletinThese essays offer striking portraits of working environments where song arose in response to prevailing conditions. Included are the protest blues of African American levee workers, the corridos of Chicano farm workers, and the European songs of immigrant lumber workers in the Midwest.