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Get your ass in the water and swim like me : African American narrative poetry from oral tradition

Title
Get your ass in the water and swim like me : African American narrative poetry from oral tradition / [compiled by] Bruce Jackson.
Publication
Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2024]

Details

Additional Authors
Jackson, Bruce, 1936-
Description
xxxiv, 336 pages; 23 cm.
Summary
"The classic work on African-American toasts, the predecessor of Rap (Music)"--
Series Statement
Excelsior editions
Subject
  • Toasts (African American folk poetry)
  • Folk poetry, American
  • Narrative poetry, American
  • American poetry > African American authors
  • Oral tradition > United States
  • African Americans > Poetry
  • Toasts (Poésie populaire noire américaine)
  • Poésie populaire américaine
  • Poésie narrative américaine
  • Poésie américaine > Auteurs noirs américains
  • Tradition orale > États-Unis
  • Noirs américains > Poésie
Genre/Form
Toasts (Poetry)
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
  • 9781438496559
  • 1438496559
  • 9781438496566
  • 1438496567
  • 9781438496573 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2023022985
OCLC
YBP 2023022985
Title
Get your ass in the water and swim like me : African American narrative poetry from oral tradition / [compiled by] Bruce Jackson.
Publisher
Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2024]
Edition
Second edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Excelsior editions
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Jackson, Bruce, 1936- compiler.
Other Form:
Online version: Get your ass in the water and swim like me Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2024] 9781438496566 (DLC) 2023022986
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