{"product_id":"katherine-jackson-french-kentuckys-forgotten-ballad-collector-9780813178523","title":"Katherine Jackson French: Kentucky's Forgotten Ballad Collector","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe second woman to earn a PhD from Columbia Universityand the first from south of the Mason-Dixon Line to do soKentucky native Katherine Jackson French broke boundaries. Her research kick-started a resurgence of Appalachian music that continues to this day  but Frenchs collection of traditional Kentucky ballads  which should have been her crowning scholarly achievement  never saw print. Academic rivalries  gender prejudice  and broken promises set against a thirty-year feud known as the Ballad Wars denied French her place in history and left the field to northerner Olive Dame Campbell and English folklorist Cecil Sharp  setting Appalachian studies on a foundation marred by stereotypes and misconceptions.  Katherine Jackson French: Kentuckys Forgotten Ballad Collector tells the story of what might have been. Drawing on never-before-seen artifacts from Frenchs granddaughter  Elizabeth DiSavino reclaims the life and legacy of this pivotal scholar by emphasizing the ways her work shaped and could reshape our conceptions about Appalachia. In contrast to the collection published by Campbell and Sharp  Frenchs ballads elevate the status of women  give testimony to the complexity of balladrys ethnic roots and influences  and reveal more complex local dialects. Had French published her work in 1910  stereotypes about Appalachian ignorance  misogyny  and homogeneity may have diminished long ago. Included in this book is the first-ever publication of Katherine Jackson Frenchs English-Scottish Ballads from the Hills of Kentucky.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648273473589,"sku":"ByrdShop_0813178525","price":44.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780813178523.jpg?v=1781715123","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/katherine-jackson-french-kentuckys-forgotten-ballad-collector-9780813178523","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}