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Mother wit from the laughing barrel;: Readings in the interpretation of Afro-American folklore - Softcover
Exploring the scope, diversity, and vitality of black culture, here is a fascinating collection of more than sixty articles from some of the most perceptive and authoritative commentators upon the black experience--Zora Neale Hurston, J. Mason Brewer, Sterling A. Brown, Eldridge Cleaver, Willis Laurence James, John Lovell Jr., Langston Hughes, Charles W. Chesnutt, Alan Lomax, Ralph Ellison, A. Philip Randolph, Newbell Niles Puckett, Roger D. Abrahams, and many others.
Readers cannot help coming away from this book with a new appreciation of the nature and richness of African American folklore. For those with little or no previous knowledge of this heterogeneous and spellbinding lore Mother Wit from the Laughing Barrel will be an eye-opening encounter.
Drawn out of the deep, rich well of African American culture, these essays convey the import of the black folk experience for all Americans. No library or individual with a serious interest in African American folklore should fail to own this remarkable anthology.
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A classic book covering almost every aspect of the black folk experience, collecting writings by Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, Alan Lomax, Ralph Ellison, and many others
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- PublisherPrentice-Hall
- Publication date1972
- ISBN 10 0136030017
- ISBN 13 9780136030010
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages673
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Mother Wit from the Laughing Barrel: Readings in the Interpretation of Afro-American Folklore
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. 65 articles probing every significant aspect of B lack American folklore: jokes, tales, music, names, proverbs, customs.673 pages. Covers show slight wear,; 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 ". Seller Inventory # 96777
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MOTHER WIT FROM THE LAUGHING BARREL: READINGS IN THE INTERPRETATION OF AFRO-AMERICAN FOLKLORE (SIGNED)
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Book Description 8vo. pp xiv, 673. Black covers with brown and white lettering at front. Signed at the title page by the author to author and folklorist Venetia Newall; "To Venetia who has plenty of wit of her own, with best regards Alan. 1978". ISBN: 0136030017 Clean and bright throughout with some shelfwear at edges and creasing at corners of covers. Overall good condition. Seller Inventory # C59037
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