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FROM MY PEOPLE: 400 Years of African American Folklore

by Dance, Daryl Cumber, editor

First printing.

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New York: Norton, (2002.) . First printing. . Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.) . A massive and comprehensive anthology which provides an introduction to and an overview of African American folk expression, arranged into thirteen major genres including folktales, folk music (ranging from spirituals to blues, ballads, zydeco and rap), beliefs, folk arts (including a 16 page full color insert), proverbs, soul food, family stories, costume, and sermons. Many of the selections are anonymous - but the list of contibutors ranges from Frederick Douglass to Zora Neale Hurston, Jean Toomer, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Alan Lomax, Nikki Giovanni, Patricia Turner, Quincy Moore and others. Audiovisual resources, bibliography, index. 736 pp. Promotional bookmark laid in.

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Bookseller Inventory #: 34254
Book condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Edition: First printing.
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0393047989
ISBN 13: 9780393047981
Publisher: New York: Norton, (2002.)
Date published: 2002
Pages: 736
Size: 6.5 x 9.5 x 1.75 inches
LCCN: GR111.A47.D36 2002
Dewey: 398.2/089/96073
Weight: 3 pounds
Keywords: anthology, spirituals, soul food, art, folktales,
Subjects: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African-American Studies;

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