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Man Who Adores the Negro : Race and American Folklore by Patrick B. Mullen (2008, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherUniversity of Illinois Press

ISBN-100252074866

ISBN-139780252074868

eBay Product ID (ePID)59627760

Product Key Features

Number of Pages224 Pages

Publication NameMan Who Adores the Negro : Race and American Folklore

LanguageEnglish

SubjectFolklore & Mythology, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies

Publication Year2008

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaSocial Science

AuthorPatrick B. Mullen

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight11 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2007-023279

Dewey Edition22

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Decimal398.2089/96073

SynopsisDrawing on over thirty-five years of fieldwork, Patrick B. Mullen considers how African American cultural representations in folklore relate to racial dynamics in the United States. Providing insight into white folklorists' relationships with black consultants, The Man Who Adores the Negro describes the personal experiences of both fieldworkers and ethnographic subjects. Mullen explores how folklorists such as John Lomax, Newbell Niles Puckett, Alan Lomax, and Roger Abrahams have been implicated in creating the popular concept of African Americans as folk and how this depiction has created notions of blackness and whiteness. Illuminating central aspects of African American cultural history, the author discusses a wide range of folklore that includes work songs, hymns, voodoo rituals, animal tales, jokes, toasts, and children's games and rhymes. In relating folkloric research to white mimicry of black style in such expressions as blues, rock and roll, and hip-hop culture, Mullen contends that both folk performers and folklorists participate in ongoing cultural change when they mix received values and attitudes in producing new interpretations., Drawing on over thirty-five years of fieldwork, Patrick B. Mullen considers how African American cultural representations in folklore relate to racial dynamics in the United States. Providing insight into white folklorists' relationships with black consultants, The Man Who Adores the Negro describes the personal experiences of both fieldworkers ......

LC Classification NumberGR111.A47M85 2008