From trickster to badman [electronic resource] : the Black folk hero in slavery and freedom / John W. Roberts.
1989
GR111.A47 R63 1989eb
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From trickster to badman [electronic resource] : the Black folk hero in slavery and freedom / John W. Roberts.
ISBN
0585199930 (electronic book)
9780585199931 (electronic book)
9780585199931 (electronic book)
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Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c1989.
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English
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1 online resource (233 p.)
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GR111.A47 R63 1989eb
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398/.352/0880396073
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-229) and index.
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From trickster to badman.
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Table of Contents
I. Introduction
- II. Br'er Rabbit and : Trickster Heroes in Slavery
- III. The Power Within: The Conjurer as Folk Hero
- IV. Christian Soldiers All: Spirituals as Heroic Expression
- V. "You Done Me Wrong": The Badman as Outlaw Hero
- VI. Conclusion.
- II. Br'er Rabbit and : Trickster Heroes in Slavery
- III. The Power Within: The Conjurer as Folk Hero
- IV. Christian Soldiers All: Spirituals as Heroic Expression
- V. "You Done Me Wrong": The Badman as Outlaw Hero
- VI. Conclusion.