Daisy Turner's kin : an African American family saga / Jane C. Beck.
2015
E185.97.T93 B43 2015 (Mapit)
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Title
Daisy Turner's kin : an African American family saga / Jane C. Beck.
Author
Beck, Jane C., 1941- author.
ISBN
9780252080791 (paperback)
0252080793 (paperback)
9780252039232 (hardcover)
0252039238 (hardcover)
9780252097287 (electronic book)
0252080793 (paperback)
9780252039232 (hardcover)
0252039238 (hardcover)
9780252097287 (electronic book)
Published
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2015.
Language
English
Description
295 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Call Number
E185.97.T93 B43 2015
Dewey Decimal Classification
306.85/089960730743
Summary
"A daughter of freed African American slaves, Daisy Turner became a living repository of history. The family narrative entrusted to her-- "a well-polished artifact, an heirloom that had been carefully preserved"--Began among the Yoruba in West Africa and continued with her own long lifetime. In 1983, folklorist Jane Beck began to interview Turner, then one hundred years old and still relating four generations of oral history. In her book Daisy Turner's Kin, Beck uses Turner's storytelling to build the Turner family saga, using at its foundation the oft-repeated touchstone stories at the heart of their experiences: the abduction into slavery of Turner's African ancestors; Daisy's father learning to read; his return as a soldier to his former plantation to kill the overseer; Daisy's childhood stand against racism; and her family's life in Vermont. Beck weaves in historical research and offers a folklorist's perspective on oral history and the hazards and uses of memory."--Page 4 of cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-277) and index.
Series
Folklore studies in a multicultural world.
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Table of Contents
The Turner narrative and memory
Meeting Daisy
African roots
Jack Gouldin and Robert Berkeley
Plantation life
Civil War
Postwar
Vermont
Journey's end
Daisy's last years
Appendix. turner family genealogical chart.
Meeting Daisy
African roots
Jack Gouldin and Robert Berkeley
Plantation life
Civil War
Postwar
Vermont
Journey's end
Daisy's last years
Appendix. turner family genealogical chart.