Born in a mighty bad land : the violent man in African American folklore and fiction /
Bryant, Jerry H., 1928-
Born in a mighty bad land : the violent man in African American folklore and fiction / Jerry H. Bryant. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2003. - 1 online resource (237 pages) - Blacks in the diaspora . - Blacks in the diaspora. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The classic badman and the ballad -- Postbellum violence and its causes : "displaced rage" in a preindustrial culture -- Between the wars : the genteel novel, counterstereotypes, and initial probes -- From the genteel to the primitive : the twenties and thirties -- The ghetto bildungsroman : from the forties to the seventies -- Toasts : tales of the "bad nigger" -- Chester Himes : Harlem absurd -- A "toast" novel : pimps, hoodlums, and hit men -- Walter Mosley and the violent men of Watts -- Rap : going commercial -- The badman and the storyteller : John Edgar Wideman's homewood trilogy -- Toni Morrison : Ulysses, badmen, and archetypes--abandoning violence -- Appendix : Analysis of thirty prototype ballads.
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The figure of the violent man in the African American imagination has a long history. He can be found in 19th-century bad man ballads like 'Stagolee' and 'John Hardy, ' as well as in the black convict recitations that influenced 'gansta' rap. Born in a Mighty Bad Land connects this figure with similar characters in African American fiction.
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2010.
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English.
0253109892 (electronic bk.) 9780253109897 (electronic bk.) 0253101220 9780253101228 1282072137 9781282072138 9786612072130 661207213X (hbk. ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper) (hbk. ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper)
American fiction--African American authors--History and criticism.
Violence in literature.
Literature and folklore--United States.
African American men in literature.
African Americans--Folklore.
Violence--Folklore.
Men in literature.
Men--Folklore.
Roman américain--Auteurs noirs américains--Histoire et critique.
Violence dans la littérature.
Littérature et folklore--États-Unis.
Hommes noirs américains dans la littérature.
Noirs américains--Folklore.
Hommes dans la littérature.
Hommes--Folklore.
LITERARY CRITICISM--American--General.
African American men in literature.
African Americans.
American fiction--African American authors.
Literature and folklore.
Men.
Men in literature.
Violence.
Violence in literature.
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Folklore.
PS374.V58 / B79 2003eb
813.009/355
Born in a mighty bad land : the violent man in African American folklore and fiction / Jerry H. Bryant. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2003. - 1 online resource (237 pages) - Blacks in the diaspora . - Blacks in the diaspora. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The classic badman and the ballad -- Postbellum violence and its causes : "displaced rage" in a preindustrial culture -- Between the wars : the genteel novel, counterstereotypes, and initial probes -- From the genteel to the primitive : the twenties and thirties -- The ghetto bildungsroman : from the forties to the seventies -- Toasts : tales of the "bad nigger" -- Chester Himes : Harlem absurd -- A "toast" novel : pimps, hoodlums, and hit men -- Walter Mosley and the violent men of Watts -- Rap : going commercial -- The badman and the storyteller : John Edgar Wideman's homewood trilogy -- Toni Morrison : Ulysses, badmen, and archetypes--abandoning violence -- Appendix : Analysis of thirty prototype ballads.
Use copy
The figure of the violent man in the African American imagination has a long history. He can be found in 19th-century bad man ballads like 'Stagolee' and 'John Hardy, ' as well as in the black convict recitations that influenced 'gansta' rap. Born in a Mighty Bad Land connects this figure with similar characters in African American fiction.
Electronic reproduction.
[Place of publication not identified] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
English.
0253109892 (electronic bk.) 9780253109897 (electronic bk.) 0253101220 9780253101228 1282072137 9781282072138 9786612072130 661207213X (hbk. ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper) (hbk. ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper)
American fiction--African American authors--History and criticism.
Violence in literature.
Literature and folklore--United States.
African American men in literature.
African Americans--Folklore.
Violence--Folklore.
Men in literature.
Men--Folklore.
Roman américain--Auteurs noirs américains--Histoire et critique.
Violence dans la littérature.
Littérature et folklore--États-Unis.
Hommes noirs américains dans la littérature.
Noirs américains--Folklore.
Hommes dans la littérature.
Hommes--Folklore.
LITERARY CRITICISM--American--General.
African American men in literature.
African Americans.
American fiction--African American authors.
Literature and folklore.
Men.
Men in literature.
Violence.
Violence in literature.
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Folklore.
PS374.V58 / B79 2003eb
813.009/355