Real folks : race and genre in the Great Depression / Sonnet Retman.

Author/creator Retman, Sonnet H., 1966-
Format Book
Publication InfoDurham, NC : Duke University Press, 2011.
Descriptionxiii, 322 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Electronic LocationInhaltsverzeichnis
Subjects
American literature--20th century. --History and criticism.
Literature and folklore--United States. --History. --20th century.
Folklore--United States. --History. --20th century.
American literature--African American authors. --History and criticism.
United States--History. --1933-1945.

Contents "A combination madhouse, burlesque show and Coney Island" : the color question in George Schuyler's Black no more -- "Inanimate hideosities" : the burlesque of racial capitalism in Nathanael West's A cool million -- "The last American frontier" : mapping the folk in the Federal Writers' Project's Florida : a guide to the southernmost state -- "Ah gives myself de privilege to go" : navigating the field and the folk in Zora Neale Hurston's Mules and men -- "Am I laughing"? : burlesque incongruities of genre, gender, and audience in Preston Sturges's Sullivan's travels -- Afterpiece : the Coen brothers' Ol'-timey blues in O brother, where art thou?
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2011006516
ISBN9780822349259 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0822349256 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780822349440 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0822349442 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks PS228.F64 R486 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold