Daisy Turner's kin, an African American family saga, Jane C. Beck
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Daisy Turner's kin, an African American family saga, Jane C. Beck
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-277) and index
resource.biographical
collective biography
Illustrations
illustrationsmaps
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Daisy Turner's kin
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
893454392
Responsibility statement
Jane C. Beck
Series statement
Folklore studies in a multicultural world
Sub title
an African American family saga
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
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
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- African Americans + Social conditions -- 20th century
- Biographies
- Turner, Daisy
- 1800 - 1999
- Biography
- African Americans + Social conditions -- 19th century
- African American families -- Vermont
- Families
- Turner, Daisy, 1883-1988 -- Family
- Turner family
- African American families
- African Americans + Social conditions
- African American families -- Biography
- Vermont
- Virginia
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- Creator1
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- Subject15
- African Americans + Social conditions -- 20th century
- Biographies
- Turner, Daisy
- 1800 - 1999
- Biography
- African Americans + Social conditions -- 19th century
- African American families -- Vermont
- Families
- Turner, Daisy, 1883-1988 -- Family
- Turner family
- African American families
- African Americans + Social conditions
- African American families -- Biography
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Content1
- Author1
- Is Part Of1
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