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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 975.5042
EAN num: 9780807845707
ISBN number: 0807845701
Label: The University of North Carolina Press
Manufacturer: The University of North Carolina Press
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 516
Printing Date: November 11, 1996
Publishing house: The University of North Carolina Press
Release Date: October 23, 1996
Sale Popularity Level: 1270011
Studio: The University of North Carolina Press
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'Things ain't now like they used to be nohow,' a Virginia native told a WPA worker in the 1930s. Indeed, a central theme unifying the hundreds of life histories recorded by Virginia Writers' Project fieldworkers between 1938 and 1941 is that the narrators all bear witness to the vast socioeconomic and cultural changes brought about by the Great Depression and the New Deal's responses to it. These never-published VWP narrative interviews, however, have remained largely unknown and unavailable to readers until now.
Talk about Trouble presents 61 Writers' Project life histories that depict Virginia men and women, both blacks and whites, and offer a cross-section of ages, occupations, experiences, and cultural and class backgrounds. Headnotes set the context for each life history and introduce people and themes that link individual events and experiences. One hundred sixty photographs, most taken in the state by Farm Security Administration or Virginia WPA photographers, add graphic texture and backdrop to the stories and lives recounted.
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During the 1930s, writers and photographers who needed employment documented local history and culture for guides to their states. Some of these WPA guides remain fascinating reading even today. A great deal of the material, however, was never published. This book comes out of the WPA materials that were collected for the state of Virginia. The book consists of photographs and excerpts from interviews along with introductory comments by the editors. There are various themes that are presented, and the editors develop commentary to interpret what they present. The photography is very first rate, and there are a lot of interesting stories in this book that are well worth reading. The book also has an archival quality which will make it a valuable resource for historians as well as for folklorists completing contemporary studies of Virginia folklife.
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