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The Greenwood encyclopedia of African American folklore / edited by Anand Prahlad.

Other author/creatorPrahlad, Anand.
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoWestport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, ©2006.
Description3 volumes (xl, 1557 pages) : illustrations ; 26 cm
Supplemental Content Table of contents
Subject(s)
Portion of title African American folklore
Contents v. 1. A-F -- v. 2. G-P -- v. 3. Q-Z.
Contents Abakwa -- Abrahams, Roger D. -- Abrams, Clara "Granny" -- Ackee and Saltfish -- Adams, Edward Clarkson Leverett -- Aerosol art -- Africa -- Africanisms -- African, Flying -- Allen, Richard -- Allen, William Francis ; Charles Pickard Ware ; and Lucy McKim Garrison -- Altars -- American Folklore Society -- Anancy/Anansi -- Ancestors -- Anderson, Pink -- Antebellum period -- Anthropology -- Antigua and Barbuda -- Antiphony -- Appropriation of Black folklore -- Arabbers -- Arará -- Architecture -- Armstrong, Louis -- Art, Fine -- Ashanti -- Assimilation -- Atilla the Hun -- Baad -- Babylon -- Bad Man, The -- Bahamian Rushing -- Bahia -- Baker, Houston A., Jr. -- Ballad -- Ballanta, N. G. J. -- Bambaataa, Afrika -- Banjo -- Banks, Johnny -- Baptism -- Baraka, Imamu Amiri -- Barbados -- Barbecue -- Barbershop, The -- Barrett, Rev. Dr. Leonard E., Sr. -- Bascom, William R. -- Basket weaving -- Bastide, Roger Marius Cesar -- Batucada -- Beach music -- Beale Street -- Bebop -- Beckwith, Martha Warren -- Beckwourth, James Pierson -- Beliefs, Folk -- Benberry, Cuesta -- Bennett, Louise -- Berimbau -- "Betty and Dupree" -- Biblical characters -- Big Apple -- Big Drum Ceremony -- Bitch -- Black Bottom, The -- Black Cat Bone -- Black Culture and Black consciousness -- Black Indians -- Black man, The/Negro -- Blacksmithing -- Blake, Eubie --
Contents Blind Boys of Alabama -- Blue Gum Negroes -- Blues -- Bobo Dreads -- Bonds, Nedra Leatrice Patton -- Boogie Woogie -- Bottle trees -- Bourguignon, Erika -- Brass bands -- Brazil -- Bread pudding -- Break dancing -- Brewer, J. Mason -- Briar patch -- Brown, Cecil -- Brown, Sterling A. -- Buckra -- Buffalo soldiers -- Burton, Robert Wilton -- Bush harbors -- Butler, Picayune -- Buzzard -- Buzzard, Dr. -- Buzzard Lope -- Caesar, Shirley -- Cakewalk -- Call and response -- Callaloo -- Calypso -- Campbell, Lucie E. -- Canaan -- Canboulays/Cambulay/Kanneboule -- Candied yams -- Candles -- Candomblé -- Capoeira -- Capping -- Carnival -- Carnival masks -- Carriacou -- Carter, Harold A. -- Carvalho-Neto, Paulo de -- Caul -- Ceramics -- Charleston -- Charters, Samuel -- Cheerleading -- Chenier, Clifton -- Chevannes, Barry Alston -- Chicago blues -- Chitlin Circuit -- Chitterlings -- Christensen, A. M. H. -- Christmas -- Church, The Black -- Clark, Kenneth Bancroft -- Classic blues -- Cleveland, Rev. James -- Cliff, Jimmy -- Cobbler -- Color struck -- Coltrane, John -- Comedians -- Commodification of black folklore -- Cone, James -- Congo -- Congo Square -- Conjure -- Conked -- Conversion narratives -- Conway, Cecelia -- Cool -- Coon -- Cornbread --
Contents Cornrows -- Costa Rica -- Cotten, Elizabeth -- Courlander, Harold -- Cowboys -- Cox, Ida -- CP time -- Cracker -- Cracklin bread -- Creole -- Creolization -- Crossroads, The -- Crowley, Daniel John -- Cuba -- Culture -- Cumina -- Cush -- Cut eye -- Dance -- Dance, Daryl Cumber -- Dancehall music -- Dandies -- Davis, Rev. Gary -- Davis, Gerald L. -- Davis, Miles -- Deacons for Defense and Justice -- Deep Down in the Jungle -- Deities -- "Delia [Delia's] gone" -- Delta blues -- Deren, Maya -- Devil, The -- Dialect -- Dicy, Aunt -- "Different strokes for different folks" -- Divination -- Divine, Father -- Dixie Hummingbirds -- Dixieland jazz -- Dog ghosts and Other Texas Negro Tales -- Dogg, Snoop -- Dolemite -- Dominican Republic -- Dorsey, Thomas A. -- Dorson, Richard M. -- Double Dutch -- Dozens -- Dre, Dr. -- Dread talk -- Dreadlocks -- Dreams -- Drumming -- Drylongso -- Dub music -- Dub poetry -- Du Bois, W. E. B. -- Dundes, Alan -- Dunham, Katherine -- Duppy -- Early, James Counts -- Easter rock ritual -- Eazy-E -- Ebonics -- Ecuador -- Egúngún societies -- Egypt -- Election day -- Encyclopedia of Black Folklore and Humor -- Epstein, Dena J. -- Eshu -- Espiritismo -- Ethiopianism --
Contents Etiological tales -- Evans, David -- Evil -- Evil eye -- Fables -- Fairfield Four, The -- Family reunions -- Fasola singing -- Fauset, Arthur Huff -- Federal Writers' Project -- Feijoada -- Ferris, William R. -- Festivals -- Fiction -- Field hollers -- Field nigger/house nigger -- Fife and drum -- Filhos de Gandhy -- Film -- Fish fry -- Fisher, Miles Mark -- Fishing -- Fitzgerald, Ella -- Flags -- Flash, Grandmaster -- Flying Africans -- Folk foods -- Folktales -- Folly, Dennis -- Food -- "Forty acres and a mule" -- Fox, Brer -- "Frankie and Albert/Johnny" -- Franklin, Rev. C. L. -- Fraternity lore -- Frazier, E. Franklin -- Freeman, Roland -- French Quarter -- Frevo -- Fry, Gladys-Marie -- Funerals -- Funk -- v. 2. G-P -- Gaan Gadu -- Gabriel -- Games, Folk -- Gangs -- Gangster rap -- Ganja -- Garifuna -- Garon, Paul -- Garvey, Marcus Mosiah -- Garveyism -- Gay and lesbian folklore -- Geechee -- Gellert, Lawrence -- Gestures -- Ghana -- Ghettos -- Ghosts -- Gillespie, Dizzy -- Glazer, Nathan, and Daniel Patrick Moynihan -- God -- Gonzales, Ambrose Elliott -- Goopher dust -- Gospel choir -- Gospel music -- Gospel quartet -- Graffiti -- Gran Met -- Granny women -- Grapevine -- Grave decorations -- Graveyard dirt -- Grenada -- Griots -- Gris gris -- Guadeloupe -- Gullah -- Gumbo --
Contents Guyana -- Gwaltney, John Langston -- Hag, The -- Haiti -- Hampton, James -- handy, William Christopher -- Harder They come, The -- Harris, Joel Chandler -- Harris, Trudier -- Haskins, James S. -- Hawkins, Coleman -- Hawkins, Edwin, and the Edwin Hawkins Singers -- Heaven -- Hell -- Henderson, Rosa -- Henderson, Stephen E. -- Henry, John -- Herbalism -- Herc, Kool DJ -- Hero, The -- Herskovits, Melville -- Hicks, Kyra Ethelene -- Higes Knots -- Higginson, Thomas Wentworth -- High John the Conqueror -- High Yaller/Yellow -- Hip hop -- Ho -- Hoecakes -- Hog slaughtering -- Holiday, Billie -- Hollywood, DJ -- Holy Piby, The -- Homiak, John P. -- Honduras -- Hoodoo -- Hooker, John Lee -- Hopkins, Lightnin' -- Horse breaking -- Hot foot oil/powder -- Houngan -- House, Son -- House nigger -- Hughes, Langston -- Humor -- Hunter, Alberta, -- Hunter, Clementine -- Hurston, Zora Neale -- Hurt, Mississippi John -- Hush/Bush Harbors -- Hyatt, Harry Middleton -- Hybridity -- Hyppolite, Hector -- Ice Cube -- Improvisation -- Instruments, Folk -- Ironwork -- Isaacs, Gregory -- Islam, Nation of -- Israelites -- Ital -- Jack, Gullah -- Jack-o-my-lantern -- Jackson, Bruce --
Contents Jackson, George -- Jackson, Mahalia -- Jah -- Jahn, Jahnheinz -- Jamaica -- Jankanoo festivals -- Jasper, John -- Jazz -- Jefferson, Blind Lemon -- Jemima, Aunt -- Jesus -- Jigaboo -- Jim Crow -- Jivin' -- Jockeying -- John Canoe festivals -- John tales -- John the Conqueror, High -- Johnson, Clifton Herman -- Johnson, Frank -- Johnson, Guy Benton -- Johnson, James Weldon -- Johnson, Linton Kwesi -- Johnson, Robert -- Jokes -- Jones, Bessie -- Jones, Casey -- Jook/Juke -- Joplin, Scott -- Jordon -- Juba -- Juke joints -- Jump rope rhymes/games -- Jumping the broom -- Juneteenth -- Junkanoo festivals -- Kebra Negast -- Keil, Charles -- Keiser, R. Lincoln -- Kemble, Frances Anne -- Kennedy, Stetston -- King, Albert -- King, B. B. -- Kitchener, Lord -- Klan, Ku Klux -- Kochman, Thomas -- Kongo/Congo -- Krehbiel, H. E. -- Kumina -- Kwanzaa -- Lane, William Henry/Master Juba -- Laveau, Marie -- Lawman, The -- Laying on hands -- Leadbelly -- Legba -- Legends -- Lester, Julius -- Levine, Lawrence W. -- Liautaud, Georges -- Libations -- Liberation theology -- Liebow, Elliot -- Lindy hop -- Loas/Lwas -- Lola, Mama -- Lomax, Alan -- Lomax, John Avery -- Lornell, Kip -- Love, Nat -- Lovell, John Jr. -- Lynch, Willie -- Lynching --
Contents Macumba -- Magic flight -- Magic shops -- Mambo -- Maracatu -- Mardi Gras -- Mardi Gras costumes and masks -- Mardi Gras country runs -- Mardi Gras Indians -- Marijuana -- Marking -- Marley, Bob -- Maroon societies -- Martinique -- Mashed potato -- Mason, Biddy -- Master, Old -- Master Juba -- Mati -- Mays, Benjamin Elijah -- Mazloomi, Carolyn -- McCarthy-Brown, Karen -- McTell, Blind Willie -- Medicine, Folk -- Memphis Minnie -- Mento -- Merengue -- Mighty sparrow -- Migration -- MInstrels -- Minton, John -- Mintz, Sidney W. -- Mitchell-Kernan, Claudia -- Mojo -- Monk, Thelonious -- Monkey, The Signifying -- Morgan, Sister Gertrude -- Morgan, Kathryn Lawson -- Morton, Jelly roll -- Mother Wit -- Mother Wit from the Laughing Barrel -- Mules and men -- Munning -- Murray, Albert -- Murrell, Nathaniel Samuel -- Music -- Mustanging -- Myal -- Mythology -- Native American and African American folklore -- Nettleford, Rex -- New Orleans -- Newton, Huey Percey -- Night Riders -- Nine-night rituals -- Nonverbal communication -- Nuwaubians -- NWA -- Nyabinghi -- Obatala -- Obeah -- Odum, Howard Washington -- Ògún -- Okeh Records -- Oliver, King -- Oliver, Paul -- Olmsted, Frederick Law -- Oracles -- Origins -- Orishas -- Ortiz, Fernando -- Osanyin -- Oster, Harry -- Owen, Mary Alicia -- Oyotunji Village -- Page, Thomas Nelson -- Palmares -- Palmer, Robert F., Jr. --
Contents Paper bag test -- Parchman farm -- Parker, Charlie -- Parsons, Elsie Clews -- Passing -- Patton, Charlie -- Pattyrollers -- Peoples Temple -- Performance styles -- Perry, Lee "Scratch" -- Petro -- Pidgins -- Piedmont blues music -- Pimp, The -- Pimp walk -- Pinkster celebrations -- Plantains -- Player -- Pocomania -- Poetry-- Porch sitters -- Possession -- Pottery -- Powdermaker, Hortense -- Powell, Bud -- Powers, Harriet -- Prahlad, Sw. Anand -- Praise houses -- Prayer -- Preacher, The -- Preacher tales -- Protest songs -- Proverbs -- Public Enemy -- Puckett, Newbell Niles -- Puerto Rican folklore -- v. 3. Q-Z -- Quadroon balls -- Quilting -- Rabbit, Brer -- Braboteau, Albert J(ordy) -- Race records -- Rada and Petro Nations -- Ragtime -- "Railroad Bill" -- Rainey, Gertrude "Ma" -- Rap -- Rastafari -- Rawick George P. -- Reagon, Bernice Johnson -- Reasonings -- Recife, Brazil -- Reggae -- Reggae archives -- Religion -- Remus, Uncle -- Reparations -- Retentions -- Revival Zion -- Rhumba -- Rhythm and blues -- Riddles/riddling -- Ring shout -- Ringgold, Faith -- Rio de Janeiro -- Robinson, Beverly -- Robinson, Bill "Bojangles" -- Rock Steady -- Rose, Tricia -- Rude Boy -- Rumba -- Rumors -- Run DMC --
Contents Sacred harp -- Sacred steel guitar -- St. Louis, Ceus "Tibout" -- St. Vincent -- Saints -- Salkley, Andrew -- Samba -- Samba schools -- Santería -- Sass/sassy -- Scarification -- Scat singing -- Scrapers -- Sea Islands -- Secret societies -- Segregation -- Sermons - Seventh-day Adventists -- Seventh Son -- Shakur, Tupac -- Shango -- Shape note singing -- Sharecropping -- Shashemene -- Shine -- Shout -- Shuckin' -- Signifying -- Signifying monkey -- Signs -- Singing and praying bands -- Singing conventions -- Ska -- Skatalites, The -- Skull, Talking -- Slam poetry -- Slave narratives -- Slavery-- Slide guitar -- Slim, Iceberg -- Small, Drink -- Smith, Bessie -- Smith, Mamie -- Smith, Willie "The Lion" -- Smitherman, Geneva -- Smithsonian Institution -- Soca -- Soca Chutney -- Sororities -- Sorrow songs -- Soul -- Soul food -- Sounding - South, The -- Southern, Eileen Jackson -- Sparrow, the mighty -- Spear, Burning -- Speech, Folk -- Speed, Ella -- Spence, Joseph -- Spirits -- Spirituals -- Sports -- Stagolee -- Steel Pan Drum -- Steffens, Roger -- Stepping -- Stewart-Baxter, Derrick -- Stick fighting -- Storytelling -- Stylin' out -- Suck teeth -- Superstition -- Sweet Honey in the Rock -- Syncretism -- Szwed, John F. -- Taj Mahal -- Tap dance -- Tar Baby -- Techlore -- Testifying -- Texas blues -- Thomas, Henry -- Thompson, Robert Farris -- Thornton, Big Mama --
Contents Ti Malice and Bouqui -- Titanic -- Titon, Jeff Todd -- Toasts -- Tobago -- Tom, Uncle -- Tortoise -- Trains -- Tricks -- Trickster -- Trinidad -- Trip hop -- Tubby, King -- Turkey trot -- Turner, Lorenzo Dow -- Turner, Patricia A. -- Tuskegee experiment -- Twelve Tribes -- Twist -- Two-headed doctor -- Umbanda -- Underground Railroad -- United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors -- Uruguay-- Vaudeville -- Verbal dueling -- Vernacular -- Virgin Islands -- Visionary artists -- Vlach, John Michael -- Vodou -- Wakes -- Walker, Aaron "T-Bone" -- Walter, Little -- Ward, Clara -- Waterman, Richard Alan -- Waters, Muddy -- Westmacott, Richard Alan -- Waters, Muddy -- Westmacott, Richard Noble -- Whetstone-McCall, Sherry -- Whitten, Norman E., Jr. -- Wiggins, William H, Jr. -- Williamson, Sonny Boy, I -- Williamson, Sonny Boy, II -- Witches -- Wolf, Brer -- Wood carving -- Woods, Sylvia -- Woofing/wolfing -- Word on the Brazos, The -- Work, John Wesley, III -- Work songs -- Yams -- Yard sale -- Yawney, Carole D. -- "Yellow Rose of Texas, The" -- Yoruba -- Young, Lester -- Zombies -- Zoot suits -- Zydeco.
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Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [1487]-1504) and index.
LCCN 2005019214
ISBN0313330352 (set : alk. paper)
ISBN9780313330353 (set : alk. paper)
ISBN0313330360 (v. 1 : alk. paper)
ISBN9780313330360 (v. 1 : alk. paper)
ISBN0313330379 (v. 2 : alk. paper)
ISBN9780313330377 (v. 2 : alk. paper)
ISBN0313330387 (v. 3 : alk. paper)
ISBN9780313330384 (v. 3 : alk. paper)

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