African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
Originally published: Afro-American folktales. c1985., 327 p, These tales range from the earthy comedy of tricksters to stories explaining how the world was created and got to be the way it is, to moral fables that tell of encounters between masters and slaves. They includes stories set down in travelers' reports and plantation journals from the early nineteenth century, tales gathered by collectors such as Joel Chandler Harris and Zora Neale Hurston, and narratives tape-recorded by Roger Abrahams himself during extensive expeditions throughout the American South and the Caribbean.
Peek, Philip M. (Editor) and Yankah, Kwesi (Editor)
Format:
Book, Section
Publication Date:
2004
Published:
New York: Routledge
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
593 p, Written by an international team of experts, this is the first work of its kind to offer comprehensive coverage of folklore throughout the African continent. Includes Maureen Warner Lewis' "Caribbean verbal arts."
