By Custom and By Law: Black Folklore and Racial Representation at the Birth of Jim Crow establishes folklore as a contested site in the construction of racial identity during the emergence and solidification of legalized racial segregation at the end of the nineteenth century. By examining institutional interests, popular culture performances, and political rhetoric, I demonstrate how representations of black folklore…
Contents
Introduction
Chapter I: Folklore at the Birth of Jim Crow
Chapter II: The Hampton Folklore Society and The Crafting of a Black Folk Aesthetic
Chapter III: Conjure Justice: Charles Chesnutt and the Stolen Voic Conclusion: “We Don’t Remember Enough:” Customary Folklore in
Ralph Ellison’s “Flying Home”
Bibliography
Author: Moody, Shirley C.
Source: University of Maryland
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