Performing the word : African-American poetry as vernacular culture / Fahamisha Patricia Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Fahamisha Patricia, 1942-

Contributor:

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American poetry--African American authors--History and criticism.

American poetry.

American poetry--African American authors.

African American oral tradition--United States.

African American oral tradition.

African Americans in the performing arts.

Language and culture--United States.

Language and culture.

African Americans.

Civilization.

United States.

African Americans in literature.

African Americans--Civilization.

Black English.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copies 1 & 2)

Physical Description:

ix pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 174 pages, 6 unnumbered pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, 1999.

Contents:

Introduction. Toward a Vernacular Theory of African American Poetry

Mother Tongue: African American Vernacular Speech as Poetic Language

Orality: Language and Voice

The Poetry of Preachment: Didacticism in African American Poetry

Song/Talk: African American Music and Song as Poetic References

Tell My Story: Boast and Toast Traditions

"Black Is ... and Black Ain't": Of Gender and Generations in African American Poetry.

Notes:

"Design by John Romer."

"Cover illustration based on original art by Kenneth Hunter."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-163) and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copies 1 & 2 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

ISBN:

0813526310

0813526329

OCLC:

39981754