Research Catalog
- Title
- Shuckin and jivin : folklore from contemporary Black Americans / Daryl Cumber Dance.
- Author
- Dance, Daryl Cumber
- Publication
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1978.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | N.A.REL. D 195 s | Off-site |
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- Description
- xxii, 390 p.; 25 cm.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Folklore
- Folklore.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- In the beginning : etiological tales -- I raised hell while I was there : tales of heaven and hell -- Dese bones gon' rise again : ghost tales -- Somebody clapped for Edith las' night : conjure tales -- I hears de call : tales about religion -- A nigger ain't shit : self-degrading tales -- O Lord, will I ever? : the white woman and the black man -- I could eat her up : tales about women -- Be true to me : tales about marital infidelity -- Goldstein, Pat, Mike, and the like : ethnic jokes -- The white man is the devil : tales about the cruelty of whites -- The bottom rail comes to be the top riser : outsmarting whitey -- I'm a bad motherfucker : tales of the bad nigger -- Down in the jungle, out on the farm : miscellaneous animal tales -- Are you ready for this? : miscellaneous risqué tales -- A potpourri : miscellaneous back folklore.
- ISBN
- 0253352207
- 0253202655 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^^77023635^//r822
- OCLC
- 4005990
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library