{"product_id":"becoming-melungeon-9780803271548","title":"Becoming Melungeon","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExamines 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Schrift has produced an important piece of scholarship about a new American ethnic identity.\"—Susan Keefe,\u003ci\u003e Appalachian Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBecoming Melungeon\u003c\/i\u003e will be vital to anyone interested in Melungeons.\"—Philip E. Coyle, \u003ci\u003eFolklore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments \u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Race, Identity, and the Melungeon Legend \u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: Inventing the Melungeons \u003cbr\u003eChapter 2: Melungeons and Media Representation \u003cbr\u003eChapter 3: Playing the First Melungeons \u003cbr\u003eChapter 4: Becoming Melungeon \u003cbr\u003eChapter 5: The Mediterranean Mystique \u003cbr\u003eChapter 6: The Melungeon Core \u003cbr\u003eClosing Thoughts \u003cbr\u003eAppendix 1: Melungeon Questionnaire \u003cbr\u003eAppendix 2: Media Articles \u003cbr\u003eNotes \u003cbr\u003eWorks Cited \u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405272162647,"sku":"9780803271548","price":30.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780803271548.jpg?v=1730489377","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/becoming-melungeon-9780803271548","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}