African-American Proverbs in Context /

A groundbreaking study of proverbs in African-American speech from slave times to the present.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Prahlad, Anand
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 1996.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
African American proverbs.
Proverbes noirs americains.
Proverbes noirs americains > Histoire et critique.
African American proverbs > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1. Toward a Contextual Theory; Part One: 1930s-1960s; 2. Proverbial Speech among the Ex-enslaved: Speech Events with European-Americans; 3. Proverbs in Blues Lyrics: Creativity and Innovation; Part Two: Contemporary Speech Acts; 4. Proverb Masters and Symbolic Meaning; 5. Proverb Speech Acts among Peers; APPENDIX; NOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

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