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NEGRO TRADITIONS
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| By: |
Thomas Washington Talley, Laura C Jarman (Editor), Charles K Wolfe |
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Paperback |
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£20.95 |
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£20.32 |
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£0.63 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0870499254 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780870499258 |
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| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
15 February, 1996 |
| Pages: |
360 |
| Synopsis: |
This collection of previously unpublished tales is a major contribution to the annals of African-American folk narrative. Ranging from fables to historical narratives, these tales contain a rich variety of information on folk customs, speech, and songs, providing the reader with a deeper understanding of and appreciation for nineteenth-century African-American culture. Negro Traditions offers wonderful descriptions of all manner of rural African-American folk customs, including valuable insights into post-Civil War life in rural Middle Tennessee - from riddles to dances - and how former slaves and their children felt about their lives. At times the movement of these tales toward tragedy is reminiscent of Faulkner; their humor suggests Sut Lovingood; their occasional dark surrealism has overtones of Cormac McCarthy. But the overriding reality of these tales as a representation of a people and their culture gives them a power that moves the reader beyond fiction and into factuality. Here are no banjo-plunking renditions of "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah"; these tales are full of the realities of life: violence, work, the power of the supernatural, family life, racial tension, and an intense burning resentment against slavery. |
| US Grade: |
Preschool |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
University of Tennessee Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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