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From My People: 400 Years of African American Folklore (An Anthology)

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An extraordinary celebration of African-American life and culture brings together four hundred years of African-American folklore, traditional tales, recipes, proverbs, legends, folk songs, and folk art by Paul Laurence Dunbar, Zora Neal Hurston, Jelly Roll Morton, and others.


Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Comprehensive if not exhaustive, this anthology provides a synthetic overview of African American folk expression, offering an entree into a vast subject. Informative texts introduce each of the 13 major genres covered in this book, which include tales, songs, beliefs, folk arts, proverbs, costume, and sermons. Drawing on both oral and printed sources in addition to original works, Dance (ed., Honey Hush!: An Anthology of African American Women's Humor) reprints familiar materials from such notables as Paul Dunbar, Zora Neale Hurston, Jelly Roll Morton, Ben Botkin, and Langston Hughes and also from songs, proverbs, and recipes. The selections vividly affirm the strength of African American lore as part of American language and culture. Dance has conducted an ambitious search for the identity and essence of African American expression, and she succeeds admirably, capturing what was largely invisible to many generations. Rendered in dialect where possible, these selections reflect an inventive people who speak and sing without embellishment. Recommended for all collections. Richard K. Burns, MSLS, Hatboro, PA

Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

Calling folklore the soul of a people, Dance offers an incredible collection that reflects the experience of African American culture through the generations, from slavery through contemporary times, using a variety of sources. Folktales, work songs, proverbs, sermons, and speeches--including Frederick Douglass' 1852 Fourth of July speech on slavery and freedom--are presented along with a color insert on folk arts and crafts. Dance begins each section by providing context: the transportation and evolution of Brer Rabbit and Anancy the spider from Africa to the Americas, and the significance of music from spirituals to blues to work songs to rap music as a means of inspiring, encouraging, carrying secret messages, and offering social commentary. The collection includes contributions from Zora Neale Hurston, Ralph Ellison, Nikki Giovanni, W. C. Handy and Bessie Smith, as well as a host of proverbs, superstitions, and riddles collected over the years from anonymous and obscure contributors. This is a rich collection. Vanessa Bush
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From My People: 400 Years of African American Folklore (An Anthology)

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Description:

An extraordinary celebration of African-American life and culture brings together four hundred years of African-American folklore, traditional tales, recipes, proverbs, legends, folk songs, and folk art by Paul Laurence Dunbar, Zora Neal Hurston, Jelly Roll Morton, and others.


Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Comprehensive if not exhaustive, this anthology provides a synthetic overview of African American folk expression, offering an entree into a vast subject. Informative texts introduce each of the 13 major genres covered in this book, which include tales, songs, beliefs, folk arts, proverbs, costume, and sermons. Drawing on both oral and printed sources in addition to original works, Dance (ed., Honey Hush!: An Anthology of African American Women's Humor) reprints familiar materials from such notables as Paul Dunbar, Zora Neale Hurston, Jelly Roll Morton, Ben Botkin, and Langston Hughes and also from songs, proverbs, and recipes. The selections vividly affirm the strength of African American lore as part of American language and culture. Dance has conducted an ambitious search for the identity and essence of African American expression, and she succeeds admirably, capturing what was largely invisible to many generations. Rendered in dialect where possible, these selections reflect an inventive people who speak and sing without embellishment. Recommended for all collections. Richard K. Burns, MSLS, Hatboro, PA

Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

Calling folklore the soul of a people, Dance offers an incredible collection that reflects the experience of African American culture through the generations, from slavery through contemporary times, using a variety of sources. Folktales, work songs, proverbs, sermons, and speeches--including Frederick Douglass' 1852 Fourth of July speech on slavery and freedom--are presented along with a color insert on folk arts and crafts. Dance begins each section by providing context: the transportation and evolution of Brer Rabbit and Anancy the spider from Africa to the Americas, and the significance of music from spirituals to blues to work songs to rap music as a means of inspiring, encouraging, carrying secret messages, and offering social commentary. The collection includes contributions from Zora Neale Hurston, Ralph Ellison, Nikki Giovanni, W. C. Handy and Bessie Smith, as well as a host of proverbs, superstitions, and riddles collected over the years from anonymous and obscure contributors. This is a rich collection. Vanessa Bush
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

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