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John A. Burrison is Regents Professor of English and Director of the Folklore Curriculum at Georgia State University in Atlanta. He is the author of numerous books, including From Mud to Jug: The Folk Potters and Pottery of Northeast Georgia and Roots of a Region: Southern Folk Culture.

An exploration of the integral role of folk traditions in southern life

An exploration of the integral role of folk traditions in southern life

Rising out of a shared rural past, the legends and stories of the American South bear witness to the area's strong oral tradition. This book is a collection of more than 250 authentic folktales, told in voices of African-American, Anglo-Saxon and Native American descent.

Tells the story of Georgia's rich folk pottery tradition - the historical forces that shaped it and the families and individual artisans who continue to keep it alive. This book provides discussions of the folk potters' contributions to Georgia life and their place in southern society.

Through interviews, a census of active potters trained at the centers of Cleveland (White County) and Gillsville (Hall County), and more than one hundred color photographs of pots, potters, and their work spaces, this book celebrates the living traditions of the renowned northeast Georgia folk pottery clans.

A complete catalog of the Atlanta History Center's permanent folk art exhibition, this richly illustrated volume defines and documents the folk arts of the lower southeastern United States. The objects, crafting processes, and performances represented here illustrate the unique qualities of the community-learned traditional arts of the South. John A. Burrison examines a multitude of traditional art forms, many of which still thrive today. Intr...