Lord I M Coming Home

Lord I'm Coming Home focuses on a small, white, rural fishing community on the southern reaches of the Great Dismal Swamp in North Carolina. By means of a new kind of anthropological fieldwork, John Forrest seeks to document the entire aesthetic experience of a group of people, showing the aesthetic to be an "everyday experience and not some rarefied and pure behavior reserved for an artistic elite." The opening chapter of the book is a vivid fictional narrative of a typical day in "Tidewater," presented from the perspective of one fisherman. In the following two chapters the author sets forth the philosophical and anthropological foundations of his book, paying particular attention to problems of defining "aesthetic," to methodological concerns, and to the natural landscape of his field site. Reviewing his own experience as both participant and observer, he then describes in scrupulous detail the aesthetic forms in four areas of Tidewater life: home, work, church, and leisure. People use these forms, Forrest shows, to establish personal and group identities, facilitate certain kinds of interactions while inhibiting others, and cue appropriate behavior. His concluding chapter deals with the different life cycles of men and women, insider-outsider relations, secular and sacred domains, the image and metaphor of "home," and the essential role that aesthetics plays in these spheres. The first ethnography to evoke the full aesthetic life of a community, Lord I'm Coming Home will be important reading not only for anthropologists but also for scholars and students in the fields of American studies, art, folklore, and sociology.

A collection of over 200 great Bluegrass, Old Time, Country and Gospel standards. Learn to play songs written and recorded by the giants of traditional American music: Bill Monroe, the Stanley Brothers, Flatt & Scruggs, Ralph Stanley, the Osborne Brothers, Jimmy Martin, Doc Watson, and many more! Melodies are presented with a BASS LINE, lyrics and chords. the two CDs include recordings of EVERY song in the book!Also included: Valuable information on how to play bass plus step-by- step instruction on how to transpose any song to any key! We now have versions of the Parking Lot Picker's Songbook for every instrument in a typical bluegrass band - guitar, mandolin, banjo, fiddle, dobro, and bass - so every member, no matter what instrument they play, can work from the same collection of songs!

Filled with vivid imagery and lilting verse, The Pain of Loving: Heartwarming Poems is an absorbing collection of poetry on love, religion, faith, and life experiences from poet David Chimwaso. Often set in his native Africa, these poems create a rich, absorbing tapestry of sensory detail that crosses cultural boundaries. Chimwaso delves into the emotional heart of issues we face on a daily basis. Through a keen eye for detail and flowing, colorful language, his poetic verse creates a powerful emotional connection to the human heart. His incredibly diverse voice is revealed through poems such as "The Mirror of Love," a deeply moving portrayal of Jesus on the cross, to the rousing call to craft a well-lived life in "Life is How You Make It," and to the simple act of strolling down a country road and making a friend in "Along a Country Road." But even more, The Pain of Loving: Heartwarming Poems delivers a strong, heartfelt tribute to all of the emotions, thoughts, and feelings essential to the human experience. Whether it be the passion of love, the heartache of separation, or the joy of family, this collection encompasses the journey of our lifetimes.