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9780812213331

From Trickstar to Badman The Black Folk Hero in Slavery and Freedom

From Trickstar to Badman The Black Folk Hero in Slavery and Freedom
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  • ISBN-13: 9780812213331
  • ISBN: 0812213335
  • Publication Date: 1990
  • Publisher: Univ of Pennsylvania Pr

AUTHOR

Roberts, John W.

SUMMARY

To protect their identity and values, Africans enslaved in America transformed various familiar character types to create folk heroes who offered models of behavior both recognizable to them as African people and adaptable to their situation in America. Roberts specifically examines the Afro-American trickster and the trickster tale tradition, the conjurer as folk hero, the biblical heroic tradition, and the badman as outlaw hero.Roberts, John W. is the author of 'From Trickstar to Badman The Black Folk Hero in Slavery and Freedom', published 1990 under ISBN 9780812213331 and ISBN 0812213335.

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