Encyclopedia of Black Folklore and Humor Book [PDF] Download

• Publisher : Jonathan David Publishers
• File Size : 34,6 Mb
• Release Date : 03 May 1990

A social history of the African-American which demonstrates graphically in each of its seven sections the close relationship between folklore and history.

• Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
• File Size : 42,9 Mb
• Release Date : 03 May 1978

Surveys the oral cultural heritage of black Americans as manifested in music, folk tales and heroes, and humor.

• Publisher : Oxford University Press
• File Size : 40,8 Mb
• Release Date : 27 April 2007

When Black Culture and Black Consciousness first appeared thirty years ago, it marked a revolution in our understanding of African American history. Contrary to prevailing ideas at the time, which

• Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
• File Size : 50,9 Mb
• Release Date : 17 December 2010

This four-volume encyclopedia contains compelling and comprehensive information on African American popular culture that will be valuable to high school students and undergraduates, college instructors, researchers, and general readers. From

• Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
• File Size : 36,7 Mb
• Release Date : 08 August 2016

African American folklore dates back 240 years and has had a significant impact on American culture from the slavery period to the modern day. This encyclopedia provides accessible entries on key

• Publisher : Harvard University Press
• File Size : 46,5 Mb
• Release Date : 03 May 2024

Compiles information and interpretations on the past 500 years of African American history, containing essays on historical research aids, bibliographies, resources for womens' issues, and an accompanying CD-ROM providing bibliographical entries.

• Publisher : University of Chicago Press
• File Size : 37,8 Mb
• Release Date : 01 September 1993

The most comprehensive account available of the rise and fall of the Black Power Movement and of its dramatic transformation of both African-American and larger American culture. With a gift

• Publisher : Infobase Holdings, Inc
• File Size : 53,7 Mb
• Release Date : 01 July 2020

Folklore has been described as the unwritten literature of a culture: its songs, stories, sayings, games, rituals, beliefs, and ways of life. Encyclopedia of American Folklore helps readers explore topics,

• Publisher : Greenwood
• File Size : 44,6 Mb
• Release Date : 03 May 2024

Contains over seven hundred entries on African American folklore, including music, art, foodways, spiritual beliefs, and proverbs.

• Publisher : American Library Association
• File Size : 34,8 Mb
• Release Date : 05 June 2006

Contains practical advice for updating a school library collection describing why it is important and how to use automation tools to make the job easier.