THE AFRICAN AMERICAN SUBALTERN, REARTICULATED AFRICAN AMERICAN FOLKLORE, MODERNITY, AND HURSTON’S THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD

2020 ◽  
pp. 125-152
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
American Folklore

African American Folklore

1997 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 435-455 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tolagbe Ogunleye
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
American Folklore

Juneteenth Texas: Essays in African-American Folklore

1999 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 694
Author(s):  
Robert Cochran ◽  
Francis Abernethy ◽  
Patrick Mullen ◽  
Alan Govenar
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
American Folklore

Juneteenth Texas: Essays in African-American Folklore.

1998 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 162
Author(s):  
Mary Ellen Curtin ◽  
Francis Edward Abernethy ◽  
Carolyn Fiedler Satterwhite
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
American Folklore

African American Folklore, Folklife, and Race

2018 ◽  
pp. 719-740
Author(s):  
Anand Prahlad
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Black People ◽  
Colonial Period ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Political ◽  
Black Communities ◽  
Power Dynamics ◽  
Political Interests ◽  
American Folklore ◽  
The Creation

The study of African American folklore has been grounded from its beginnings in the colonial period in discourses and power dynamics of race. This chapter posits that these beginnings have given rise to two folkloristic traditions, with differing agendas, methodologies, aesthetics, relationships to black communities, and investments in race. The mainstream tradition has been aligned with scholarly trends within academe and has seldom focused explicitly on the most pressing concerns of black people, or on the most obvious influence on the creation and expression of black folklore, namely race. The other tradition has been more aligned with the political interests, racial histories, and day-to-day needs of African American communities. This chapter critically examines these two tributaries, relative to issues of race, arguing for an African American folklore and folklife studies that embraces an African American–centered political focus while encompassing the unique intellectual contributions of both.

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