Deep Down in the Jungle...: Black American Folklore from the Streets of Philadelphia

ISBN-13: 9781138522060 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 296 str.

Roger D. Abrahams

Opis

This work represents an attempt to present a body of folklore collected among one small group of Black Americans in a neighborhood in South Philadelphia. The author's approach toward collection and presentation has been intensive. He has tried to collect "in depth," and to recreate in his presentation the social background in which the lore was found, and to relate the lore with the life and the values of the group.

 

Spis treści

One: The Tellers; I: The Neighborhood; II: The Element of Verbal Contest; III: The Heroes; Two: The Texts; Introduction: Style and Performance; IV: The Toast; V: The Jokes

O autorze

Roger D. Abrahams