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The Annotated African American Folktales
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Author : Henry Louis Gates Jr.
language : en
Publisher: Liveright Publishing
Release Date : 2017-11-14
The Annotated African American Folktales written by Henry Louis Gates Jr. and has been published by Liveright Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-14 with Literary Collections categories.
Winner • NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work (Fiction) Winner • Anne Izard Storytellers’ Choice Award Holiday Gift Guide Selection • Indiewire, San Francisco Chronicle, and Minneapolis Star-Tribune These nearly 150 African American folktales animate our past and reclaim a lost cultural legacy to redefine American literature. Drawing from the great folklorists of the past while expanding African American lore with dozens of tales rarely seen before, The Annotated African American Folktales revolutionizes the canon like no other volume. Following in the tradition of such classics as Arthur Huff Fauset’s “Negro Folk Tales from the South” (1927), Zora Neale Hurston’s Mules and Men (1935), and Virginia Hamilton’s The People Could Fly (1985), acclaimed scholars Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Maria Tatar assemble a groundbreaking collection of folktales, myths, and legends that revitalizes a vibrant African American past to produce the most comprehensive and ambitious collection of African American folktales ever published in American literary history. Arguing for the value of these deceptively simple stories as part of a sophisticated, complex, and heterogeneous cultural heritage, Gates and Tatar show how these remarkable stories deserve a place alongside the classic works of African American literature, and American literature more broadly. Opening with two introductory essays and twenty seminal African tales as historical background, Gates and Tatar present nearly 150 African American stories, among them familiar Brer Rabbit classics, but also stories like “The Talking Skull” and “Witches Who Ride,” as well as out-of-print tales from the 1890s’ Southern Workman. Beginning with the figure of Anansi, the African trickster, master of improvisation—a spider who plots and weaves in scandalous ways—The Annotated African American Folktales then goes on to draw Caribbean and Creole tales into the orbit of the folkloric canon. It retrieves stories not seen since the Harlem Renaissance and brings back archival tales of “Negro folklore” that Booker T. Washington proclaimed had emanated from a “grapevine” that existed even before the American Revolution, stories brought over by slaves who had survived the Middle Passage. Furthermore, Gates and Tatar’s volume not only defines a new canon but reveals how these folktales were hijacked and misappropriated in previous incarnations, egregiously by Joel Chandler Harris, a Southern newspaperman, as well as by Walt Disney, who cannibalized and capitalized on Harris’s volumes by creating cartoon characters drawn from this African American lore. Presenting these tales with illuminating annotations and hundreds of revelatory illustrations, The Annotated African American Folktales reminds us that stories not only move, entertain, and instruct but, more fundamentally, inspire and keep hope alive. The Annotated African American Folktales includes: Introductory essays, nearly 150 African American stories, and 20 seminal African tales as historical background The familiar Brer Rabbit classics, as well as news-making vernacular tales from the 1890s’ Southern Workman An entire section of Caribbean and Latin American folktales that finally become incorporated into the canon Approximately 200 full-color, museum-quality images
African American Folktales
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Author : Roger Abrahams
language : en
Publisher: Pantheon
Release Date : 2011-07-27
African American Folktales written by Roger Abrahams and has been published by Pantheon this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-27 with Social Science categories.
Full of life, wisdom, and humor, these tales range from the earthy comedy of tricksters to accounts of how the world was created and got to be the way it is to moral fables that tell of encounters between masters and slaves. They include stories set down in nineteenth-century travelers' reports and plantation journals, tales gathered by collectors such as Joel Chandler Harris and Zora Neale Hurston, and narratives tape-recorded by Roger Abrahams himself during extensive expeditions throughout the American South and the Caribbean. With black-and-white illustrations throughout Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folkore Library
African American Folktales
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Author : Thomas A. Green
language : en
Publisher:
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African American Folktales written by Thomas A. Green and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
African American culture has a rich tradition of folktales. Written for students and general readers, this volume gathers a sampling of the most important African American folktales. Included are nearly 50 tales grouped in thematic chapters on origins; heroes, heroines, villains, and fools; society and conflict; and the supernatural. Each tale begins with an introductory headnote, and the book closes with a selected, general bibliography. Students learning about literature and language will gain a greater understanding of African American oral traditions, while social studies students will learn more about African American culture. African American culture has long been recognized for its richness and breadth. Central to that tradition is a large body of folklore, which continues to figure prominently in literature, film, and popular culture. Written for students and general readers, this book conveniently gathers and comments on nearly 50 African American folktales. Included are fictional tales, legends, myths, and personal experience narratives. These exemplify the vast diversity of African American culture and language. The tales are grouped in thematic sections on origins; heroes, heroines, villains, and fools; society and conflict; and the supernatural. Each tale is introduced by a brief headnote, and the volume closes with a selected, general bibliography. Students learning about literature and language will gain a greater understanding of African American oral traditions, while students of history will learn more about African American culture.
African American Folktales
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Author : Thomas A. Green
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2009-03-20
African American Folktales written by Thomas A. Green and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-20 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
African American culture has a rich tradition of folktales. Written for students and general readers, this volume gathers a sampling of the most important African American folktales. Included are nearly 50 tales grouped in thematic chapters on origins; heroes, heroines, villains, and fools; society and conflict; and the supernatural. Each tale begins with an introductory headnote, and the book closes with a selected, general bibliography. Students learning about literature and language will gain a greater understanding of African American oral traditions, while social studies students will learn more about African American culture. African American culture has long been recognized for its richness and breadth. Central to that tradition is a large body of folklore, which continues to figure prominently in literature, film, and popular culture. Written for students and general readers, this book conveniently gathers and comments on nearly 50 African American folktales. Included are fictional tales, legends, myths, and personal experience narratives. These exemplify the vast diversity of African American culture and language. The tales are grouped in thematic sections on origins; heroes, heroines, villains, and fools; society and conflict; and the supernatural. Each tale is introduced by a brief headnote, and the volume closes with a selected, general bibliography. Students learning about literature and language will gain a greater understanding of African American oral traditions, while students of history will learn more about African American culture.
African American Folktales For Young Readers
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Author : Richard Young
language : en
Publisher: August House Publishers
Release Date : 1993
African American Folktales For Young Readers written by Richard Young and has been published by August House Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Fiction categories.
This collection illuminates the unbroken chain of the black oral tradition which is alive in America. The Youngs, who are storytellers and teachers, have assembled an anthology that bears out both the richness and variety of a cultural heritage that has crossed the Atlantic, survived the ignominy of slavery, and triumphed over the ignorance of racism and bigotry. In his introduction, Dr. Rex Ellis underscores the multicultural opportunity this collection offers: They are stories that continue to ....
Her Stories
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Author : Virginia Hamilton
language : en
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Release Date : 1995
Her Stories written by Virginia Hamilton and has been published by Scholastic Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Nineteen stories focus on the magical lore and wondrous imaginings of African American women.
Retold African American Folktales
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Author : David Haynes
language : en
Publisher: Retold Myths & Folktales
Release Date : 1997
Retold African American Folktales written by David Haynes and has been published by Retold Myths & Folktales this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Fiction categories.
Retells some of the well known and some of the not so well known African American folktales.
Her Stories African American Folktales Fairy Tales And True Tales
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Author : Virginia Hamilton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995-01
Her Stories African American Folktales Fairy Tales And True Tales written by Virginia Hamilton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-01 with categories.
African American Folklore
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Author : Anand Prahlad
language : en
Publisher: Greenwood
Release Date : 2016
African American Folklore written by Anand Prahlad and has been published by Greenwood this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with African Americans categories.
This book provides readers with a deeper comprehension of American culture through a greater understanding of the contributions of African American culture and black folk traditions. Original materials, such as excepts from folktales and folksongs, and a comprehensive compilation of sources for further research that includes bibliographical citations as well as lists of websites and cultural centers, are also provided.
The People Could Fly
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Author : Virginia Hamilton
language : en
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Release Date : 2009-01-13
The People Could Fly written by Virginia Hamilton and has been published by Knopf Books for Young Readers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-13 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
"The well-known author retells 24 black American folk tales in sure storytelling voice: animal tales, supernatural tales, fanciful and cautionary tales, and slave tales of freedom. All are beautifully readable. With the added attraction of 40 wonderfully expressive paintings by the Dillons, this collection should be snapped up."--(starred) School Library Journal. This book has been selected as a Common Core State Standards text Exemplar (Grade 6-8, Stories) in Appendix B.