From My People: 400 Years of African American FolkloreDaryl Cumber Dance W. W. Norton & Company, 2002 - 736 páginas A magnificent celebration of--and an essential introduction to--African American life and culture. Folklore displays the heart and soul of a people. African American folklore not only hands down traditions and wisdom through the generations but also tells the history of a people banned from writing and reading during slavery. In this anthology, Daryl Cumber Dance collects a wealth of tales that have survived and been adapted over the years, many featuring characters (like Brer' Rabbit) from African culture. She leaves no genre of folklore out, including everything from proverbs and recipes to folk songs and rumor. There is a section on the unique style that African Americans have consciously fashioned, including works by and about Paul Laurence Dunbar, Zora Neale Hurston, and Jelly Roll Morton. Within the chapter on folk art, which includes a sixteen-page color insert, quilts, dolls, sculpture, and painting get their due. From the famous to the anonymous, From My People is Dance's gift back to her culture. A Booklist Top Ten African American Nonfiction Book of the Year. Nominated for the Library of Virginia Literary Award. |
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... collected in Richmond to recent Virginia State step dances ) remind us that from this Virginia homeland spring many black riches . " -Susan Tyler Hitchcock , The Hook ( Charlottesville , Virginia ) " A rich collection . " -Roanoke Times ...
... collected in Richmond to recent Virginia State step dances ) remind us that from this Virginia homeland spring many black riches . " -Susan Tyler Hitchcock , The Hook ( Charlottesville , Virginia ) " A rich collection . " -Roanoke Times ...
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... collected in the field . I have included such works when these au- thors seem to be transcribing folk events that ... collecting folklore in the 1970s for my book Shuckin ' and Jivin ' : Folklore from Contemporary Black Americans ...
... collected in the field . I have included such works when these au- thors seem to be transcribing folk events that ... collecting folklore in the 1970s for my book Shuckin ' and Jivin ' : Folklore from Contemporary Black Americans ...
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... collected the popular parrot tale about a maid steal- ing hot biscuits from her mistress , " Hot Biscuits Burn Yo ' Ass " ( Chapter 1 ) : the teller carefully expurgated the narrative , and the au- dience of older ladies did not respond ...
... collected the popular parrot tale about a maid steal- ing hot biscuits from her mistress , " Hot Biscuits Burn Yo ' Ass " ( Chapter 1 ) : the teller carefully expurgated the narrative , and the au- dience of older ladies did not respond ...
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... collected . The narratives Blacks collected also contain many more details about " sensitive " subjects , such as life in the slave quarters , miscegenation , and Black anger , hatred , and resistance . We can conclude that these ...
... collected . The narratives Blacks collected also contain many more details about " sensitive " subjects , such as life in the slave quarters , miscegenation , and Black anger , hatred , and resistance . We can conclude that these ...
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... collected from one part of the globe to the other . Certainly noth- ing reinforces the kinship of humanity across oceans and time more than folklore . Thus at the same time their tales , language , style , songs , and proverbs tell us ...
... collected from one part of the globe to the other . Certainly noth- ing reinforces the kinship of humanity across oceans and time more than folklore . Thus at the same time their tales , language , style , songs , and proverbs tell us ...
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From My People: 400 Years of African American Folklore Daryl Cumber Dance No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 2002 |
Términos y frases comunes
African American ain't asked baby Bessie Smith Black community blues bones Boss bout Brer Rabbit Brother called chicken chitterlings church color Conjure cook corn Daryl Cumber Dance death Dem bones dere Devil feet Folklore friends girl goin gone gonna graffiti gwine hair hand head hear heard heaven Jack Jesus John Juba kill king Lawd live look Lord Ma Rainey mama married Memorates mother Negro never nigger night Polk popular pray preacher proverb quilt Ralph Ellison Rhymes ring shout rumors shout singing slave slavery Sojourner Truth song soul soul food South South Carolina Speeches street style talk tell thing told traditional Virginia walk WILLIAM WELLS BROWN woman women York Zora Neale Hurston
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