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9780813526317

Performing the Word

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  • ISBN13:

    9780813526317

  • ISBN10:

    0813526310

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-01-01
  • Publisher: Rutgers Univ Pr
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction Toward a Vernacular Theory of African American Poetry 1(6)
Mother Tongue: African American Vernacular Speech as Poetic Language
7(20)
Orality: Language and Voice
27(18)
The Poetry of Preachment: Didacticism in African American Poetry
45(18)
Song/Talk: African American Music and Song as Poetic References
63(20)
Tell My Story: Boast and Toast Traditions
83(18)
``Black Is...and Black Ain't'': Of Gender and Generations in African American Poetry
101(22)
Notes 123(6)
Works Cited 129(8)
Bibliography 137(28)
Copyrights and Permissions 165(4)
Index 169

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