UID:
almafu_9958352448902883
Format:
1 online resource (240 pages) :
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illustrations.
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1989. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Edition:
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ISBN:
9780812203110
Content:
To protect their identity and values, Africans enslaved in America transformed various familiar character types to create folk heroes who offered models of behavior both recognizable to them as African people and adaptable to their situation in America.Roberts specifically examines the Afro-American trickster and the trickster tale tradition, the conjurer as folk hero, the biblical heroic tradition, and the badman as outlaw hero.
Note:
Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Acknowledgments --
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One: Introduction --
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Two: Br’er Rabbit and John: Trickster Heroes in Slavery --
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Three: The Power Within: The Conjurer as Folk Hero --
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Four: Christian Soldiers All: Spirituals as Heroic Expression --
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Five: "You Done Me Wrong": The Badman as Outlaw Hero --
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Six: Conclusion --
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Bibliography --
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Index.
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.9783/9780812203110
URL:
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812203110
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=3441550
