On the Mall: Presenting Maroon Tradition-Bearers at the 1992 Festival of American Folklife

… engrossing, nuanced, productively and honestly critical in the best sense of the term. -Richard Bauman

After recounting their experiences as cultural mediators between African American Maroons from the Suriname rain forest and U.S. festival-goers on the Washington Mall, the authors reflect on how folklorists, anthropologists, and museum curators represent others, as well as themselves.