| African American Folktales: Stories from Black Traditions in the New World Contributor(s): Abrahams, Roger (Author) |
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ISBN: 0375705392 ISBN-13: 9780375705397 Publisher: Kuperard
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: January 1999 Annotation: From the canefileds of the ante-bellum South, the villages of the Caribbean islands, and the streets of contemporary inner cities, here are more than one hundred tales from an "incredibly rich and affirmative storytelling tradition" ("Choice). Full of life, wisdom, and humor, 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. Click for more in this series: Pantheon Fairy Tale & Folklore Library |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore - Country & Ethnic - General |
| Dewey: 398.208 |
| LCCN: 98042200 |
| Age Level: 9-12 |
| Grade Level: 4-7 |
| Series: Pantheon Fairy Tale & Folklore Library |
| Physical Information: 0.97" H x 6.16" W x 9.19" L (1.06 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Features: Bibliography, Ikids, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Full of life, wisdom, and humor, these tales range from the earthy comedy of tricksters to accounts of 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 include stories set down in nineteenth-century travelers' reports and plantation journals, 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. With black-and-white illustrations throughout Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folkore Library |
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