Wishbone : reference and interpretation in Black folk narrative / Laura C. Jarmon.

Author/creator Jarmon, Laura C., 1951-
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoKnoxville : University of Tennessee Press, ©2003.
Descriptionxxxix, 372 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction: a modal discourse -- Tar baby: binding and transcription -- Good sense: duty and ambivalence -- Buzzard: faith and paradox -- Pots and hoes: working and saving -- The skull: presence and propriety -- Cursing: sanction and mood -- Conclusion: humor and the joker.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2002155368
ISBN1572332735 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks GR111.A47 J37 2003 ✔ Available Place Hold