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AFR111: Introduction to Black Culture: Background

Fall 2016, K. Quashie

Dictionaries

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

Encyclopedias

Use these sources for background information and a list of suggested readings.

Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History: The Black Experience in the Americas
Call Number: ref E 185 .E54 2006
Oxford African American Studies Center
African American Dramatists: An A-to-Z Guide
Call Number: ref PS 338.N4 A69 2004
African American Music Reference
Encyclopedia of African American Artists
Call Number: Hillyer Art ref N 6538.N5 J44 2009
Encyclopedia of African American Society (2 vols.)
Call Number: ref E 185 .E546 2005
Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers. (2 vols.)
Call Number: ref PS 153.N5 E49 2007
Encyclopedia of African and African-American Religions
Call Number: ref BL 2462.5 .E53 2001
Encyclopedia of Hip Hop Literature
Call Number: ref PS 153.N5 E53 2009
Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance (2 vols.)
Call Number: ref NX 512.3.A35 E53 2004
Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature. (5 vols.)
Call Number: ref PS 153 .N5 G73 2005
Handbook of African American Literature
Call Number: ref PS 153 .N5 E78 2004
Oxford Art Online
Oxford Companion to African American Literature
Call Number: ref PS 153 .N5 O96 1997
Oxford Music Online
Dictionary of Literary Biography
Call Number: ref PN 451 .D53

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