Title:
African American folktales : stories from Black traditions in the New World / selected and edited by Roger D. Abrahams.
Author:
Abrahams, Roger D.
Publication Information:
New York : Pantheon Books, [1999], c1985.
Call Number:
GR111.A47 A38 1999
Series Title:
Pantheon fairy tale & folklore library
ISBN:
9780375705397
Series:
Pantheon fairy tale & folklore library
Physical Description:
xxii, 327 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
General Note:
Originally published: Afro-American folktales. c1985.
"Sources, annotations, and index of tales": p. 307-320.
Contents:
Getting things started: how the world got put together that way -- Minding someone else's business and sometimes making it your own -- Getting a comeuppance: how (and how not) to act stories -- How clever can you get? tales of trickery and its consequences -- The strong ones and the clever: contests and confrontations -- Getting around the old master (most of the time) -- In the end, nonsense.
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