Singing the Master: The Emergence of African-American Culture in the Plantationsouth

by Roger D. Abrahams

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"Impressive...A scrupulously researched work enlarging our understanding of an integral aspect of slave culture."-- The Washington Post Book World What was it like to be a slave on a plantation of the antebellum South? How did the fiction of the happy slave and myth of the plantation "family" evolve? How did slaves create a performance style that unified them, while simultaneously entertaining and mocking the master? The answers to these questions...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0140179194

ISBN13:9780140179194

Release Date:January 1994

Publisher:Penguin Books

Length:384 Pages

Weight:0.92 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 5.2" x 8.0"

Related Subjects

African-American Studies Discrimination & Racism History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Politics & Social Sciences Race Relations Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics State & Local

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