ISBN:
9780486796802
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (681 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version American Negro Folktales
DDC:
389.123094875
Keywords:
African Americans -- Arkansas -- Folklore
;
African Americans -- Michigan -- Folklore
;
Tales -- Arkansas
;
Tales -- Michigan
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
A preacher battles a bear, a mother returns from the dead, and a clever servant conducts a Big Feet Contest in this rich anthology of African-American folklore. Scores of humorous and harrowing stories, collected during the mid-twentieth century, tell of talking animals, ghosts, devils, and saints.The first part of the book provides a setting for the fables, in which folklorist Richard M. Dorson discusses their origins and the artistry of storytellers. The second part consists of the tales, which include the adventures of Old Marster and John, supernatural episodes, and comical and satirical a
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title Page; Dedication; Copyright Page; Preface to New Edition; Table of Contents; Part One. The Setting; Origins of American Negro Tales; The Communities and the Storytellers; The Art of Negro Storytelling; The History of James Douglas Suggs; Part Two. The Tales; I. Animal and Bird Stories; II. Old Marster and John; III. Colored Man and White Man; IV. Hoodoos and Two-Heads; V. Spirits and Hants; VI. Witches and Mermaids; VII. The Lord and the Devil; VIII. Wonders; IX. Horrors; X. Protest Tales; XI. Scare Tales; XII. Fool Tales; XIII. Lying Tales; XIV. Preachers; XV. Irishmen
Description / Table of Contents:
BibliographyIndex of Motifs; Index of Tale Types
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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