LEADER 03512nam 2200793 a 450 001 9910817268103321 005 20240402041144.0 010 $a1-282-07213-7 010 $a0-253-10122-0 010 $a0-253-10989-2 010 $a9786612072130 035 $a(CKB)1000000000362424 035 $a(EBL)159870 035 $a(OCoLC)56891364 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000113982 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11133777 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000113982 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10102066 035 $a(PQKB)10249748 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC159870 035 $a(OCoLC)53012132 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse16582 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL159870 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10040057 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL207213 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000362424 100 $a20020725d2003 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBorn in a mighty bad land$b[electronic resource] $ethe violent man in African American folklore and fiction /$fJerry H. Bryant 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBloomington $cIndiana University Press$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (251 p.) 225 1 $aBlacks in the diaspora 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-253-34206-6 311 $a0-253-21578-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe classic badman and the ballad -- Postbellum violence and its causes : "displaced rage" in a preindustrial culture -- Between the wars : the genteel novel, counterstereotypes, and initial probes -- From the genteel to the primitive : the twenties and thirties -- The ghetto bildungsroman : from the forties to the seventies -- Toasts : tales of the "bad nigger" -- Chester Himes : Harlem absurd -- A "toast" novel : pimps, hoodlums, and hit men -- Walter Mosley and the violent men of Watts -- Rap : going commercial -- The badman and the storyteller : John Edgar Wideman's homewood trilogy -- Toni Morrison : Ulysses, badmen, and archetypes--abandoning violence -- Appendix : Analysis of thirty prototype ballads. 330 $a The figure of the violent man in the African American imagination has a long history. He can be found in 19th-century bad man ballads like 'Stagolee' and 'John Hardy,' as well as in the black convict recitations that influenced 'gansta' rap. Born in a Mighty Bad Land connects this figure with similar characters in African American fiction. 410 0$aBlacks in the diaspora. 606 $aAmerican fiction$xAfrican American authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aViolence in literature 606 $aLiterature and folklore$zUnited States 606 $aAfrican American men in literature 606 $aAfrican Americans$vFolklore 606 $aViolence$vFolklore 606 $aMen in literature 606 $aMen$vFolklore 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xAfrican American authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aViolence in literature. 615 0$aLiterature and folklore 615 0$aAfrican American men in literature. 615 0$aAfrican Americans 615 0$aViolence 615 0$aMen in literature. 615 0$aMen 676 $a813.009/355 700 $aBryant$b Jerry H.$f1928-$01671655 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817268103321 996 $aBorn in a mighty bad land$94034386 997 $aUNINA