description: This comprehensive, chronological anthology of African and African American literature asserts that there is a distinctly black literary and cultural aesthetic, one that originated in the oral traditions of Africa and was kept alive during the American slavery experience. This text represents the centuries-long emergence of this aesthetic in poetry, fiction, drama, essays, speeches, sermons, criticism, journals, and the full range of song lyrics from the spiritual to rap.
language: English
title: Call and Response Reprint Paperback
titlecomplete: Call and Response Reprint Paperback
genres: Nonfiction, Anthologies, Literature
ratings_count: 53
publisher: Houghton Mifflin