Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Of the Past
6. 1 The North Carolina Wildfowl Decoy Tradition 27
7. 2 "I Never Could Play Alone": The Emergence of the New River Valley String Band, 1875-1915 47
8. 3 The Hugh Dixon Homestead: What to Make of Tradition? 75
9. 4 Economic and Cultural Influences on German and Scotch-Irish Quilts in Antebellum Rowan County, North Carolina 89
10. 5 The Development of the Bright-Leaf Tobacco Auctioneer's Chant 102
11. Of Individuals
12. 6 The Solitary Memory: A Greek-American's Recollections of the Folk Play Panaretos 117
13. 7 The Banjo-Song Genre: A Study of "High Sheriff," Dink Roberts's Man-against-the-Law Song 135
14. 8 The Narrative Style of Marshall Ward, Jack-Tale-Teller 147
15. 9 Symbols from Ribbons: Afro-American Funeral-Ribbon Quilts in Chatham County, North Carolina 164
16. 10 "Learnin', Though"; Environmental Art as a Creative Process 179
17. 11 In the Good Old Way: Primitive Baptist Tradition in an Age of Change 195
18. 12 Banjos and Blues 216
19. 13 Why Do Duck Decoys Have Eyes? 232
20. 14 Tugging on Superman's Cape: The Making of a College Legend 241
21. 15 The Dissembling Line: Industrial Pranks in a North Carolina Textile Mill 254
22. Notes 277
23. Contributors 307
24. Index 313