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- African American authors (1)
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- Toni Cade Bambara (1)
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Full-Text Articles in English Language and Literature
Selected Bibliography For The Study Of Central And East European Culture, Steven Tötösy De Zepetnek
Selected Bibliography For The Study Of Central And East European Culture, Steven Tötösy De Zepetnek
CLCWeb Library
No abstract provided.
Constructivism And Comparative Cultural Studies, Steven Tötösy De Zepetnek
Constructivism And Comparative Cultural Studies, Steven Tötösy De Zepetnek
CLCWeb Library
No abstract provided.
Selected Journals Of Media And Communication Studies, Steven Tötösy De Zepetnek
Selected Journals Of Media And Communication Studies, Steven Tötösy De Zepetnek
CLCWeb Library
No abstract provided.
[Introduction To] From Within The Frame: Storytelling In African-American Studies, Bertram D. Ashe
[Introduction To] From Within The Frame: Storytelling In African-American Studies, Bertram D. Ashe
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The book explores the written representation of African-American oral storytelling from Charles Chesnutt, Zora Neale Hurston and Ralph Ellison to James Alan McPherson, Toni Cade Bambara and John Edgar Wideman. At its core, the book compares the relationship of the "frame tale" - an inside-the-text storyteller telling a tale to an inside-the-text listener - with the relationship between the outside-the-text writer and reader. The progression is from Chesnutt's 1899 frame texts, in which the black spoken voice is contained by a white narrator/listener, to Bambara's sixties-era example of a "frameless" spoken voice text, to Wideman's neo-frame text of the late …
[Introduction To] From My People: 400 Years Of African American Folklore, Daryl Cumber Dance
[Introduction To] From My People: 400 Years Of African American Folklore, Daryl Cumber Dance
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A magnificent celebration of―and an essential introduction to―African American life and culture. Folklore displays the heart and soul of a people. African American folklore not only hands down traditions and wisdom through the generations but also tells the history of a people banned from writing and reading during slavery. In this anthology, Daryl Cumber Dance collects a wealth of tales that have survived and been adapted over the years, many featuring characters (like Brer' Rabbit) from African culture. She leaves no genre of folklore out, including everything from proverbs and recipes to folk songs and rumor. There is a section …
Raising Cultural Awareness In The Elementary Classroom Through African-American Children's Literature, Kirsten Seebeck
Raising Cultural Awareness In The Elementary Classroom Through African-American Children's Literature, Kirsten Seebeck
Graduate Research Papers
This research project topic was selected because of the need for raised cultural awareness in elementary classrooms, as indicated in current research findings. I chose African-American literature because in this region of the United States, Iowa in particular, the classrooms tend to be largely homogenous. Children who are from African-American descent find themselves to be in the minority in their classroom settings.
These children are not seeing many other children like themselves in their school community. It is therefore important that they see themselves in the literature shared within this community, in order to help them to relate to their …