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From Trickster to Badman: The Black Folk Hero in Slavery and Freedom
From Trickster to Badman The Black Folk Hero in Slavery and Freedom
Author: John W. Roberts
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, ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780812213331
ISBN-10: 0812213335
Publication Date: 6/1/1990
Pages: 240
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Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Book Type: Paperback
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