{"product_id":"black-folklore-and-the-politics-of-racial-representation-paperback-1","title":"Black Folklore and the Politics of Racial Representation - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShirley Moody-Turner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore the innovative work of Zora Neale Hurston, folklorists from the Hampton Institute collected, studied, and wrote about African American folklore. Like Hurston, these folklorists worked within but also beyond the bounds of white mainstream institutions. They often called into question the meaning of the very folklore projects in which they were engaged.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShirley Moody-Turner analyzes this output, along with the contributions of a disparate group of African American authors and scholars. She explores how black authors and folklorists were active participants--rather than passive observers--in conversations about the politics of representing black folklore. Examining literary texts, folklore documents, cultural performances, legal discourse, and political rhetoric, \u003cem\u003eBlack Folklore and the Politics of Racial Representation\u003c\/em\u003e demonstrates how folklore studies became a battleground across which issues of racial identity and difference were asserted and debated at the turn of the twentieth century. The study is framed by two questions of historical and continuing import. What role have representations of black folklore played in constructing racial identity? And, how have those ideas impacted the way African Americans think about and creatively engage black traditions?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoody-Turner renders established historical facts in a new light and context, taking figures we thought we knew--such as Charles Chesnutt, Anna Julia Cooper, and Paul Laurence Dunbar--and recasting their place in African American intellectual and cultural history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShirley Moody-Turner\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of English and African American studies at Pennsylvania State University. She is coeditor of \u003ci\u003eContemporary African American Literature: The Living Canon\u003c\/i\u003e and has published articles and essays on black folklore and African American literature in \u003ci\u003eAfrican American Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMELUS\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Southern History\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMLA Approaches to Teaching Charles W. Chesnutt\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOxford Bibliographies Online\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Companion to African American Literature\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 246\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47571984777437,"sku":"9781496813053","price":68.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/walAVKkpCi9781496813053_734900c2-5268-4b18-960e-9c0821dd0245.webp?v=1773384871","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/black-folklore-and-the-politics-of-racial-representation-paperback-1","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}