When Brer Rabbit meets Coyote : African-Native American literature

When Brer Rabbit meets Coyote : African-Native American literature / edited by Jonathan Brennan.

Other author/creator	Brennan, Jonathan.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Urbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2003.
Description	xvii, 307 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Subject(s)	American literature--African American authors --History and criticism. American literature--Indian authors --History and criticism. Comparative literature--African American and Indian. Comparative literature--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.

Contents	On the interaction of traditions / David Elton Gay -- Brer Rabbit and his Cherokee cousin / Sandra K. Baringer -- Briton Hammon, the Indian captivity narrative and the African American slave narrative / John Sekora -- Recapturing John Marant / Benilde Montgomery -- Speaking across boundaries / Jonathan Brennan -- In search of the Mardi Gras Indians / Jason Berry, Jonathan Foose, and Tad Jones -- Mardi Gras Indians, carnival and counter-narrative in Black New Orleans / George Lipsitz -- Wrapped in the serpent's tail, Alice Walker's African-native American subjectivity / Patricia Riley -- If you know I have a history, you will respect me / Sharon P. Holland -- African-Native American subjectivity and the blues voice in the writings of Toni Morrison and Sherman Alexie / Paul Pasquaretta.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2002014265
ISBN	0252028198 (alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PS153.B53 W43 2003	✔ Available	Place Hold