2 options
The Life : the lore and folk poetry of the black hustler / [compiled by] Dennis Wepman, Ronald B. Newman, Murray B. Binderman.
LIBRA - Rare PS477.5.T6 L5 1976 Banks copy
Available in person
Request an item
Access options
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- University of Pennsylvania. Publications in folklore and folklife.
- The Folklore and folklife series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American criminals--Poetry.
- African American criminals.
- African Americans--Social conditions--Poetry.
- African Americans.
- Black people--Social conditions--Poetry.
- Black people.
- Prostitutes--Poetry.
- Prostitutes.
- Male prostitutes--Poetry.
- Male prostitutes.
- Street life--Poetry.
- Street life.
- Black people--Social conditions.
- African Americans--Social conditions.
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 10 unnumbered pages, 205 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- Folk poetry of the black hustler.
- Place of Publication:
- [Philadelphia] : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1976.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The Toasts. Narratives; Boasts and Precepts.
- Notes:
- "Toasts are a form of poetry recited by certain blacks - really a performance medium, widely known within a small (and probably disappearing) community and virtually unheard of outside it."--Introduction.
- "Cover design by Tom Jackson. Cover photo by Peter Papadopolous."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-200) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0812277104
- OCLC:
- 2668841
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.