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Conjuring the folk : forms of modernity in African America

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-169) and index.Conjuring the folk -- Modernism and the spectral folk: Jean Toomer's Cane -- Folklore and migrant labor: Zora Neale Hurston's Mules and men -- The folk as alternative modernity: Claude McKay's Banana bottom -- Rural modernity, migration, and the gender of autonomy: the novels of George Wylie Henderson -- The folk, the race, and class consciousness: Richard Wright's 12 million Black voices -- Conclusion: local histories and world historical narrative.
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Keywords

  1. African American Authors
  2. African Americans
  3. African Americans In Literature
  4. American Literature
  5. Folklore
  6. Folklore In Literature
  7. History
  8. History And Criticism
  9. Literature And Folklore
  10. Modernism (Literature)
  11. United States

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