Title Crossing borders through folklore : African American women's fiction and art / Alma Jean Billingslea-Brown

Published Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri Press, ©1999

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 146 pages) : illustrations Contents Folklore and the borderland of the sixties -- Folk magic, women, and identity -- Reclaiming and re-creating Africa: folklore and the "return to the source" -- Folklore as performance and communion Summary Examining works by Toni Morrison, Paule Marshall, Faith Ringgold, and Betye Saar, this innovative book frames black women's aesthetic sensibilities across art forms. Investigating the relationship between vernacular folk culture and formal expression, this study establishes how each of the four artists engaged the identity issues of the 1960s and used folklore as a strategy for crossing borders in the works they created during the following two decades. Because of its interdisciplinary approach, this study will appeal to students and scholars in many fields, including African American literature, art history, women's studies, diaspora studies, and cultural studies Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-142) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject American fiction -- African American authors -- History and criticism American fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism African American women -- Intellectual life Literature and folklore -- United States Women and literature -- United States African American women in literature. African Americans in literature. African American women artists. African Americans -- Folklore African American art. Folklore in art. African Americans -- Folklore. 18.06 Anglo-American literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. African American art African American women artists African American women in literature African American women -- Intellectual life African Americans African Americans in literature American fiction -- African American authors American fiction -- Women authors Folklore in art Literature and folklore Women and literature Frauenliteratur Kunst Schwarze Schwarze Frau Volkscultuur. Vrouwelijke auteurs. Vrouwelijke kunstenaars. Amerikaans. Noirs américains -- Folklore. Roman américain -- Auteurs noirs américains -- Histoire et critique. Littérature américaine -- Femmes écrivains -- Histoire et critique. Femmes et littérature -- États-Unis. Femmes artistes noires américaines. Noirs américains -- Dans la littérature. Art noir américain. Littérature et folklore -- États-Unis. Noirs américains dans la littérature. Folklore -- Dans l'art. United States USA Schwärze Genre/Form Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc. Folklore Form Electronic book ISBN 0826260098 9780826260093

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