From Trickster to Badman : : The Black Folk Hero in Slavery and Freedom / / John W. Roberts.
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...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2010] ©1989 |
| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
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Table of 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