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STAGING TRADITION: JOHN LAIR AND SARAH GERTRUDE KNOTT
by Michael Ann Williams
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Traces the parallel careers of the creators of the Renfro Valley Barn Dance and the National Folk Festival. Their devotion to the staging of traditional culture made them two of the mid-twentieth century's most notable producers. Lair promoted Kentucky musicians and Knott staged her own radically inclusive festival, which included Native and African American traditions, and continues today. Williams shows how Lair and Knott fed the public's fascination with the "art of the common man," and were in turn buffeted by cultural forces that developed around and beyond them. 240 pp.
542-137 ..
$20.00
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