Grey-Washing Jim Crow: The Cultural Colonization of African-American Folk Music

This article explores the collection of black music by white folk collectors during the Jim Crow era in the U.S. South as an act of cultural colonization. The purpose is to analyze white curation of black authenticity as integral to early twentieth century attempts to demonstrate Southern and Americ...

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Main Author: Sally Ann Schutz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Maison de la Recherche en Sciences Humaines 2019-11-01
Series:Revue LISA
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/lisa/11015