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To know the soul of a people : religion, race, and the making of southern folk

Drake, Jamil W. (author.).

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  • ISBN: 9780190082680
  • ISBN: 0190082682
  • ISBN: 9780190082697
  • ISBN: 0190082690
  • Physical Description: print
    xxiii, 263 pages : illustrations ; 21-22 cm
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-250) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Preface: The legacy of Hampton : folk, religion, and classifying the cabin people -- Introduction: Before the Black underclass concept -- Moralizing the folk : the Negro problem, racial heredity, and religion in the Progressive Era -- Assimilating the folk : white southern liberals, revival religion, and regional isolation -- Medicalizing the folk : superstitions, family, and germs in the venereal disease control program -- Saving the folk : cultural lag and the southern roots of the religion of poverty -- Preserving the folk : folk songs and the irony of romanticism -- Conclusion: The aftermath of the religion of southern folk.
Subject: African Americans Study and teaching
African Americans Religious life Southern States
African Americans Folklore
Poor African Americans Southern States Social conditions 20th century
Rural African Americans Southern States Social conditions 20th century
Folk religion Southern States
Ethnology United States History 20th century
Sociology United States History 20th century
Southern States Religious life and customs
Southern States Race relations History 20th century

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