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From Trickster to Badman : The Black Folk Hero in Slavery and Freedom / John W. Roberts.
De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Roberts, John W., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Folklore.
- African Americans.
- Folklore--United States--History and criticism.
- Folklore.
- Heroes--United States--Folklore.
- Heroes.
- Tricksters--United States.
- Tricksters.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (240 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2010]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- One: Introduction
- Two: Br’er Rabbit and John: Trickster Heroes in Slavery
- Three: The Power Within: The Conjurer as Folk Hero
- Four: Christian Soldiers All: Spirituals as Heroic Expression
- Five: “You Done Me Wrong”: The Badman as Outlaw Hero
- Six: Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jun 2020)
- ISBN:
- 1-283-21195-5
- 9786613211958
- 0-8122-0311-9
- OCLC:
- 632012254
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