Black Folklore and the Politics of Racial Representation - Shirley Moody-Turner - Bog

Before the innovative work of Zora Neale Hurston, folklorists from the Hampton Institute collected, studied, and wrote about African American folklore. Like Hurston, these folklorists worked within but also beyond the bounds of white mainstream institutions. Shirley Moody-Turner analyses their output, along with the contributions of a disparate group of African American authors and scholars.