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| Genre/Form: | Folklore |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Billingslea-Brown, Alma Jean, 1946- Crossing borders through folklore. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c1999 (OCoLC)607113089 |
| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Alma Jean Billingslea-Brown |
| ISBN: | 0826211992 9780826211996 |
| OCLC Number: | 39868091 |
| Description: | xii, 146 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. Folklore and the Borderland of the Sixties -- 2. Folk Magic, Women, and Identity -- 3. Reclaiming and Re-creating Africa: Folklore and the "Return to the Source" -- 4. Folklore as Performance and Communion. |
| Responsibility: | Alma Jean Billingslea-Brown. |
Abstract:
Examining works by Toni Morrison, Paule Marshall, Faith Ringgold, and Betye Saar, this innovative book frames black women's aesthetic sensibilities across art forms. Investigating the relationship between vernacular folk culture and formal expression, this study establishes how each of the four artists engaged the identity issues of the 1960s and used folklore as a strategy for crossing borders in the works they created during the following two decades. Because of its interdisciplinary approach, this study will appeal to students and scholars in many fields, including African American literature, art history, women's studies, diaspora studies, and cultural studies.
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- American fiction -- African American authors -- History and criticism.
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- Literature and folklore -- United States.
- Women and literature -- United States.
- African American women in literature.
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- African American art.
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- Femmes et littérature -- États-Unis.
- Femmes artistes noires américaines.
- Noirs américains -- Dans la littérature.
- Art noir américain.
- Littérature et folklore -- États-Unis.
- Noirs américains dans la littérature.
- Folklore -- Dans l'art.
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