The life of folklorist Mary Alicia Owen : voodoo priests, noble savages, and Ozark Gypsies /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Olson, Greg, 1959-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Columbia [Mo.] : University of Missouri Press, ©2012.
Series:Missouri biography series.
Subjects:
Owen, Mary Alicia, > 1850-1935.
Owen, Mary Alicia, > 1850-1935
Folklorists > Missouri > Biography.
Women folklorists > Missouri > Biography.
Women > Missouri > Saint Joseph > Biography.
Women authors, American > Missouri > Biography.
Women intellectuals > Missouri > Saint Joseph > Biography.
Folkloristes > Missouri > Biographies.
Femmes folkloristes > Missouri > Biographies.
Femmes > Missouri > Saint Joseph > Biographies.
Écrivaines américaines > Missouri > Biographies.
Intellectuelles > Missouri > Saint Joseph > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
Folklorists
Women
Women authors, American
Women folklorists
Women intellectuals
Missouri > Biography.
Saint Joseph (Mo.) > Biography.
Missouri > Biographies.
Missouri
Missouri > Saint Joseph
Biographies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Queen City of the West, 1850-1860
  • 2. "Our unhappy country," 1860-1870
  • 3. Literary life, 1870-1890
  • 4. "White Voodoo," 1889-1891
  • 5. "A folklorist born, not made," 1891-1895
  • 6. Noble savages and Ozark Gypsies, 1894-1900
  • 7. Vanishing Indians, 1900-1904
  • 8. "Road to Paradise," 1905-1935
  • Epilogue: "Ever towards the setting sun they push us."

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