Observations and Reflections on Texas Folklore

by Abernethy, Francis Edward

• ISBN13: 9781574411003
• ISBN10: 1574411004
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-04-01
• Publisher: Texas A & M Univ Pr

Summary

Observations and Reflections, the title of the Texas Folklore Society's thirty-seventh numbered volume, is a collection of fourteen essays on Texas folklore and folk life. This volume gets its name from its lead article by Texas's leading folklorist, the late J. Frank Dobie.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. v
Observations and Reflections of a Deer Hunter	p. 3
Why I Cursed God	p. 17
Photography and Texas Traditions	p. 21
Return to Pin Hook	p. 31
The Folklore of Texas Feuds	p. 35
Folk Songs and Family Traditions	p. 49
Revive Us Again	p. 65
Paisanos at Alpine	p. 73
From Amnesia to Illegitimacy: The Soap Opera as Contemporary Folklore	p. 79
More of the Word on the Brazos	p. 91
From Folk to Hillbilly to Country: The Coming of Age of America's Rural Music	p. 101
Horse Penning: Southeast Texas, 1913	p. 117
San Jacinto, as she was: Or, What Really Happened on the Plain of St. Hyacinth on a Hot April Afternoon in 1836	p. 121
Singing All Day and Dinner on the Grounds	p. 131
Contributors	p. 141
TFS History	p. 145
Index	p. 149
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