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From Trickster to Badman : The Black Folk Hero in Slavery and Freedom / / John W. Roberts



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Autore: Roberts John W. Visualizza persona
Titolo: From Trickster to Badman : The Black Folk Hero in Slavery and Freedom / / John W. Roberts Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2010]
©1989
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 pages)
Disciplina: 398/.352/0880396073
Soggetto topico: African Americans
Folklore - United States - History and criticism
Heroes - United States
Tricksters - United States
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Anthropology
Social Sciences
Folklore
Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di contenuto: 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
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Titolo autorizzato: From Trickster to Badman  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-21195-5
9786613211958
0-8122-0311-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910781887903321
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