Tributaries 17 features research on memory quilts, root healing in Macon County, Loyd family tombstones, rural Jewish memory practices, Black fiddler Earnest Mostella, Sacred Harp singing, mapping the Black experience in South Alabama, and 3 book/podcast reviews.
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Tributaries, journal of the Alabama Folklife Association, contains 17 volumes that explore Alabama folk traditions of all kinds, representing a wide spectrum of Alabama history, culture, art form, and environment.
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