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Book Synopsis
Examines the ways in which the Melungeon ethnic identity has been socially constructed over time by various regional and national media, plays, and other forms of popular culture. Schrift explores how the social construction of this legend evolved into a fervent movement of a self-identified ethnicity in the 1990s.

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"Schrift has produced an important piece of scholarship about a new American ethnic identity."—Susan Keefe, Appalachian Journal
"Becoming Melungeon will be vital to anyone interested in Melungeons."—Philip E. Coyle, Folklore

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Race, Identity, and the Melungeon Legend
Chapter 1: Inventing the Melungeons
Chapter 2: Melungeons and Media Representation
Chapter 3: Playing the First Melungeons
Chapter 4: Becoming Melungeon
Chapter 5: The Mediterranean Mystique
Chapter 6: The Melungeon Core
Closing Thoughts
Appendix 1: Melungeon Questionnaire
Appendix 2: Media Articles
Notes
Works Cited
Index

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      Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
      Publication Date: 01/05/2013
      ISBN13: 9780803271548, 978-0803271548
      ISBN10: 0803271549
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Examines the ways in which the Melungeon ethnic identity has been socially constructed over time by various regional and national media, plays, and other forms of popular culture. Schrift explores how the social construction of this legend evolved into a fervent movement of a self-identified ethnicity in the 1990s.

      Trade Review
      "Schrift has produced an important piece of scholarship about a new American ethnic identity."—Susan Keefe, Appalachian Journal
      "Becoming Melungeon will be vital to anyone interested in Melungeons."—Philip E. Coyle, Folklore

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments
      Introduction: Race, Identity, and the Melungeon Legend
      Chapter 1: Inventing the Melungeons
      Chapter 2: Melungeons and Media Representation
      Chapter 3: Playing the First Melungeons
      Chapter 4: Becoming Melungeon
      Chapter 5: The Mediterranean Mystique
      Chapter 6: The Melungeon Core
      Closing Thoughts
      Appendix 1: Melungeon Questionnaire
      Appendix 2: Media Articles
      Notes
      Works Cited
      Index

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