From the rear cover
This collection of previously unpublished tales is a major contribution to the annals of African-American folk narrative. Ranging from fables to historical narratives, these tales contain a rich variety of information on folk customs, speech, and songs, providing the reader with a deeper understanding of and appreciation for nineteenth-century African-American culture. Negro Traditions offers wonderful descriptions of all manner of rural African-American folk customs, including valuable insights into post-Civil War life in rural Middle Tennessee - from riddles to dances - and how former slaves and their children felt about their lives. At times the movement of these tales toward tragedy is reminiscent of Faulkner; their humor suggests Sut Lovingood; their occasional dark surrealism has overtones of Cormac McCarthy. But the overriding reality of these tales as a representation of a people and their culture gives them a power that moves the reader beyond fiction and into factuality. Here are no banjo-plunking renditions of "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah"; these tales are full of the realities of life: violence, work, the power of the supernatural, family life, racial tension, and an intense burning resentment against slavery.
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- Title Negro Traditions
- Author Thomas W. Talley
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 360
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Univ Tennessee Press, Knoxville, TN
- Date March 1996
- ISBN 9780870499258 / 0870499254
- Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
- Dimensions 9.03 x 6.16 x 0.87 in (22.94 x 15.65 x 2.21 cm)
- Ages 03 to UP years
- Grade levels P - UP
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 92047011
- Dewey Decimal Code 398.208
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