BLACK CULTURE AND BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS: Afro-American Folk Thought from Slavery…

BLACK CULTURE AND BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS: Afro-American Folk Thought from Slavery to Freedom.

Edition: Trade paperback.

New York: Oxford University Press, (1977.). A landmark book at the time of its publication - one which showed - contrary to the prevailing ideas at the time, which held that African culture disappeared quickly under slavery and that black Americans had little group pride, history, or cohesiveness - that there was a rich and complex African American oral tradition, including songs, proverbs, jokes, folktales, and long narrative poems called toasts--work that dated from before and after emancipation. Notes, index. 522 pp. ISBN: 0-19-5023749.

Condition: Very good+ in illustrated wrappers.

Book ID: 39352
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