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Author Brown, Fahamisha Patricia, 1942-

Title Performing the word : African-American poetry as vernacular culture / Fahamisha Patricia Brown.

Publication Info. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [1999]
©1999

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  811.009 B877P    Check Shelf
Description ix, 174 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-163) and index.
Contents Toward a vernacular theory of African American poetry -- Mother tongue: African American vernacular speech as poetic language -- Orality: language and voice -- The poetry of preachment: didacticism in African American poetry -- Song-talk: African American music and song as poetic references -- Tell my story: boast and toast traditions -- "Black is, and Black ain't": of gender and generations in African American poetry.
Subject American poetry -- African American authors -- History and criticism.
African American oral tradition.
African Americans in the performing arts.
Language and culture -- United States.
African Americans in literature.
Black English.
African Americans -- Civilization.
African American oral tradition -- United States.
ISBN 0813526310 alkaline paper
0813526329 paperback alkaline paper
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