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Jeannie Robertson : emergent singer, transformative voice
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Title
Jeannie Robertson : emergent singer, transformative voice / James Porter, Herschel Gower.
ISBN
0870499041 (cl. : alk. paper)
Edition
1st ed.
Published
Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c1995.
Physical Description
xlvi, 357 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Series
Publications of the American Folklore Society. New series
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-348) and index.
Discography: p. 349-351.
Contents
"The bonnie bunch o' roses" : traveller kith and kin
"The lady o' the lake" : childhood and courtship
"A gift o' some kind" : Jeemsie, Lizzie, and second sight
"The flure o' ma family" : Jeemsie
"Intil the country" : renewal and discovery
"The pleasure of Scotland" : fame
"An' nivir sung better" : London and the MBE
"A fine air and a good story" : aesthetics
"Farewell to my Jean" : a singer's legacy
Songs in part II
About the songs
Songs of childhood, 1-12
Songs of freedom, 13-22
Songs of social conflict, 23-32
Songs of love affirmed, 33-45
The humors of love, 46-55
Songs of love's ironies, 56-65
Songs of love denied, 66-74
Songs of fraught relationships, 75-80.
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