man who adores the negro
Subtitle: race and American folklore
By: Patrick B. Mullen.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780252032653; 9780252074868
Subjects: African Americans -- Folklore -- Research; African Americans -- Race identity; Folklore -- United States -- Field work
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.   ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. We all the same color, it don't mean nothing : folklore research across racial boundaries; title: The rabbit, the lion, and the man : race relations in folklore fieldwork; title: Beneath the crust of culture : Newbell Niles Puckett, Zora Neale Hurston, and primitivism; title: Looking for Nat : the racial relationship of John Lomax and Henry Truvillion; title: The only full-blown Americans : Alan Lomax and the romantic politics of race; title: What I like about the jungle : Bongo Joe, Lightnin' Hopkins, and the blues revival; title: Highlighting traditions of resistance : Roger Abrahams and racial politics in the '60s; title: I went downtown to see James Brown : children's rhymes from 1971 to 2001; title: The Lord sent it even if the Devil did bring it : collaborative research across racial lines.