When Brer Rabbit meets Coyote : African-Native American literature / edited by Jonathan Brennan.

Other author Brennan, Jonathan.
Format Book
Publication InfoUrbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2003.
Descriptionxvii, 307 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
American literature--African American authors. --History and criticism.
American literature--Indian authors. --History and criticism.
Comparative literature--African American and Indian.
Comparative literature--Indian and African American.
Indians of North America--Intellectual life.
Literature and folklore--United States.
Indians of North America--Folklore.
African Americans in literature.
African Americans--Folklore.
Folklore in literature.
Indians in literature.

Contents On the interaction of traditions / David Elton Gay -- Brer Rabbit and his Cherokee cousin / Sandra K. Baringer -- Briton Hammon, the Indian captivity narrative and the African American slave narrative / John Sekora -- Recapturing John Marant / Benilde Montgomery -- Speaking across boundaries / Jonathan Brennan -- In search of the Mardi Gras Indians / Jason Berry, Jonathan Foose, and Tad Jones -- Mardi Gras Indians, carnival and counter-narrative in Black New Orleans / George Lipsitz -- Wrapped in the serpent's tail, Alice Walker's African-native American subjectivity / Patricia Riley -- If you know I have a history, you will respect me / Sharon P. Holland -- African-Native American subjectivity and the blues voice in the writings of Toni Morrison and Sherman Alexie / Paul Pasquaretta.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2002014265
ISBN0252028198 (alk. paper)