Daisy Turner's kin : an African American family saga / Jane C. Beck.
Beck, Jane C., 1941- author.
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)
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.
Record Appears in On-Campus Resources > Books
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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.

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