Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-251) and index.
Contents
"Fractious" mules and covert resistance in Mules and men -- "Natural men" and "pagan poesy" in Jonah's gourd vine -- "Mink skin or coon hide": the Janus-faced narrative of Their eyes were watching God -- The ways of white folks in Seraph on the Suwanee -- "Crossing over" and "heading back": Black cultural freedom in Moses, man of the mountain -- "With a harp and a sword in my hand": Black female identity in Dust tracks on a road -- The "trials" of Black women in the 1950s: Ruby McCollum and Laura Lee Kimble.
