On the Mall: Presenting Maroon Tradition-Bearers at the 1992 FAF

by Richard Price, Sally Price, Richard Price

Book Overview

" . . . engrossing, nuanced, productively and honestly critical in the best sense of the term." --Richard Bauman

After recounting their experiences as cultural mediators between African American Maroons from the Suriname rain forest and U.S. festival-goers on the Washington Mall, the authors reflect on how folklorists, anthropologists, and museum curators represent others, as well as themselves.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1879407078
• ISBN13: 9781879407077
• Release Date: March 1995
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 123 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.2"