Deep down in the jungle ..., Negro narrative folklore from the streets of Philadelphia / Roger D. Abrahams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abrahams, Roger D.

Contributor:

Dundes, Alan, writer of foreword.

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

Series:

Aldine folklore series

Aldine folklore series.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Folklore.

African Americans.

African Americans--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

African Americans--Folklore.

Toasts (African American folk poetry).

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social life and customs.

Philadelphia (Pa.).

Genre:

Folklore.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (stamp) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

ix pages, 1 unnumbered page, 278 pages ; 22 cm.

Edition:

First revised edition.

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Aldine Publishing Company, 1970.

Contents:

Introduction to the Second Edition

Section 1. The Tellers

Section 2. The Texts.

Notes:

"First revised edition published 1970 by Aldine Publishing Company ..."

"Designed by Cameron Poulter."

"Cover Design by V. Seper/Chicago."

"In this revised edition, Professor Abrahams has updated his analysis and has included much more of his personal fieldwork experience than in the first edition."--Foreword.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-272) and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy has embossed stamp "JB Library of Joanna Banks"

Banks Collection copy is "Second Printing 1973".

ISBN:

0202010911

OCLC:

88240