When Brer Rabbit meets Coyote
Subtitle: African-Native American literature
By: edited by Jonathan Brennan.
Contributors: Brennan, Jonathan.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
Subjects: American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism.; American literature -- Indian authors -- History and criticism.; Literature, Comparative -- African American and Indian.; Literature, Comparative -- Indian and African American.; Indians of North America -- Intellectual life.; Literature and folklore -- United States.; Indians of North America -- Folklore.; African Americans in literature.; African Americans -- Folklore.; Folklore in literature.; Indians in literature.
Description: "An exploration of the literature, history, and culture of people of mixed African American and Native American descent, When Brer Rabbit Meets Coyote is the first book to theorize an African-Native American literary tradition. Jonathan Brennan, in a historical and analytical introduction to this collection of essays, surveys several centuries of literature in the context of the historical and cultural exchange and development of distinct African-Native American traditions. Positing a new African-Native American literary theory, he illuminates the roles subjectivity, situational identities, and strategic discourse play in defining African-Native American literatures."

"He examines African-Native American political and historical texts, travel narratives, and the Mardi Gras Indian tradition, suggesting that this evolving oral tradition parallels the development of numerous Black Indian literary traditions in the United States and Latin America."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.