Black Folklore and the Politics of Racial Representation

Shirley Moody-Turner

earliest edition we have, 2013 University Press of Mississippi, 2013 192 pages

"Before the innovative work of Zora Neale Hurston, folklorists from the Hampton Institute collected, studied, and wrote about African American folklore. Like Hurston, these folklorists worked within but also beyond the bounds of white mainstream institutions. They often called into question the meaning of the very folklore projects in which they were engaged. Shirley Moddy-Turner analyzes this output, along with the...

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Black Folklore and the Politics of Racial Representation edition · 2017 · University Press of Mississippi · 246 pages · 9781496813053
Black Folklore and the Politics of Racial Representation edition · 2013 · University Press of Mississippi · 192 pages · 9781621039785
Black Folklore and the Politics of Racial Representation edition · 2013 · University Press of Mississippi · 192 pages · 9781617038853
Black Folklore and the Politics of Racial Representation edition · 2013 · University Press of Mississippi · 9781306045094
Black Folklore and the Politics of Racial Representation edition · 2013 · University Press of Mississippi · 9781628465075
Black Folklore and the Politics of Racial Representation edition · 2013 · University Press of Mississippi · 9781617038860

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