Black folklore and the politics of racial representation

Black folklore and the politics of racial representation /

Before the innovative work of Zora Neale Hurston, folklorists from the Hampton Institute collected, studied, and wrote about African American folklore. Like Hurston, these folklorists worked within but also beyond the bounds of white mainstream institutions. They often called into question the meani...

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Main Author: Moody-Turner, Shirley (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2013
Series:Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies.
Subjects:
African Americans > Folklore.
African Americans > Race identity.
Race > Social aspects > United States.
Literature and folklore > United States.
Folklore in literature.
African Americans in literature.
African Americans > Intellectual life.
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
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