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FYS124: African-American Folk Culture  Tags: fys fall08 andrews african-american folk culture  

Fall 2009, A. Andrews
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General Topics/Biography


 
 

Folklore & Religion

  • African Folklore
    Call Number: ref GR 350 .A33 2004
  • Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Folklore
    Call Number: ref GR 111 .A47 G74 2006
  • Encyclopedia of African and African-American Religions
    Call Number: ref BL 2462.5 .E53 2001
  • Encyclopedia of American Folklife - 4 v.
    Call Number: ref GR 105 .E53 2006
  • Encyclopedia of Folklore and Literature
    Call Number: ref PN 41 .E48 1998
  • Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Beliefs, Customs, Tales, Music, and Art - 2 v.
    Call Number: ref GR 35 .F63 1997
  • Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology and Legend
    Call Number: stacks GR 35 .F8 1949
  • Penguin Dictionary of American Folklore
    Call Number: ref GR 105.34 .A94 2000
  • Archetypes and Motifs in Folklore and Literature
    Call Number: ref GR 72.56 .A73 2005
 

Literature

  • Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature. 5 v.
    Call Number: ref PS 153 .N5 G73 2005
  • Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers. 2 v.
    Call Number: ref PS 153.N5 E49 2007
  • Encyclopedia of Hip Hop Literature
    Call Number: ref PS 153.N5 E53 2009
  • Handbook of African American Literature
    Call Number: ref PS 153 .N5 E78 2004
  • Oxford Companion to African American Literature
    Call Number: ref PS 153 .N5 O96 1997
 

Artists

  • Oxford Art Online  
    Look up visual artists such as the Saar sisters, Edmonia Lewis, etc.
 

Library Instructor

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Language

  • African Heritage of American English
    Call Number: ref PE 3102.N4 H65 1993
  • Black Talk: Words and Phrases from the Hood to the Amen Corner
    Call Number: ref PE 3102 .N4 S65 2000
  • The Color of Words: An Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Ethnic Bias in the United States
    Call Number: ref E 184 .A1 H466 1997
  • Fresh Fly Flavor: Words and Phrases of the Hip-hop Generation
    Call Number: ref PE 3727 .N4 F3 1992
  • Juba to Jive: A Dictionary of African-American Slang
    Call Number: ref PE 3727 .N4 M34 1994b
 

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