Black Folklore and the Politics of Racial Representation

by Shirley Moody-Turner

Book Overview

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 Moody-Turner analyzes this output, along with the contributions of a disparate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496813057
• ISBN13: 9781496813053
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"