{"product_id":"shout-because-youre-free-the-african-american-ring-shout-tradition-in-coastal-georgia-paperback","title":"Shout Because You're Free: The African American Ring Shout Tradition in Coastal Georgia - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eArt Rosenbaum\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMargo Rosenbaum\u003c\/b\u003e (Photographer), \u003cb\u003eJohann S. Buis\u003c\/b\u003e (Supplement by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ring shout is the oldest known African American performance tradition surviving on the North American continent. Performed for the purpose of religious worship, this fusion of dance, song, and percussion survives today in the Bolton Community of McIntosh County, Georgia. Incorporating oral history, first-person accounts, musical transcriptions, photographs, and drawings, \u003ci\u003eShout Because You're Free\u003c\/i\u003e documents a group of performers known as the McIntosh County Shouters. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDerived from African practices, the ring shout combines call-and-response singing, the percussion of a stick or broom on a wood floor, and hand-clapping and foot-tapping. First described in depth by outside observers on the sea islands of South Carolina and Georgia during the Civil War, the ring shout was presumed to have died out in active practice until 1980, when the shouters in the Bolton community first came to the public's attention. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eShout Because You're Free\u003c\/i\u003e is the result of sixteen years of research and fieldwork by Art and Margo Rosenbaum, authors of \u003ci\u003eFolk Visions and Voices\u003c\/i\u003e. The book includes descriptions of present-day community shouts, a chapter on the history of the shout's African origins, the recollections of early outside observers, and later folklorists' comments. In addition, the tunes and texts of twenty-five shout songs performed by the McIntosh County Shouters are transcribed by ethnomusicologist Johann S. Buis.\u003ci\u003eShout Because You're Free\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating look at a unique living tradition that demonstrates ties to Africa, slavery, and Emancipation while interweaving these influences with worship and oneness with the spirit.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eART ROSENBAUM was a painter, draftsman, muralist, folk musician, and a professor of art at the Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 6.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757866877216,"sku":"9780820346113","price":35.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3a54c1bb1db84d6729a253984faf64b1.webp?v=1780113522","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/shout-because-youre-free-the-african-american-ring-shout-tradition-in-coastal-georgia-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}