Frankie and Johnny : race, gender, and the work of African American folklore in 1930s America / Stacy I. Morgan

Author: Morgan, Stacy I., 1970-
Published: Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2017.
Edition: First edition.
Physical Description: x, 261 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Contents

Frankie and Johnny take center stage : African American folk culture in 1930s America -- Lead Belly's Ninth Symphony : Huddie Ledbetter and the changing contours of American folk music -- Pistol Packin' Mama : imperiled masculinity in Thomas Hart Benton's A social history of the state of Missouri -- Whiteface Marionettes : John Huston's comic melodrama -- The finest woman ever to walk the streets : Mae West's outlaw exploits in She done him wrong -- The lynching of Johnny : Sterling Brown's social realist critique -- Epilogue. African American women's voices and the tightrope of respectability.

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Z UA380.8 M823fr

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9781477312070 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
1477312072 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9781477312087 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
1477312080 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
9781477312094 (library e-book)
9781477312100 (non-library e-book)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-253) and index.

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