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Get Your Ass in the Water & Swim Like Me: African-American Narrative Poetry from the Oral Tradition

By Bruce Jackson

Book information

Year
2004
ISBN
0415969972, 9780415969970, 9780203323311
LCC
PS477.5.T6 J3 2004
Open Library ID
OL17987416M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
939 kB (961972 bytes)
Edition
Pap/Com
Pages
264\243
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Originally published in 1975 and regarded as one of the great collections of African-American literature and folklore, Get Your Ass in the Water and Swim Like Me brings together some of the best examples of the black folk poetry known as 'toasts'. Probably the only surviving form of oral narrative poetry in the US, the 'toasts' collected here tell the myths of African-American culture, from the 'bad man' Stackolee to the black boxer refused a ticket for the Titanic, taking in the African roots tradition and contemporary rap music.

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