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Every Tongue Got to Confess: Negro Folk-Tales from the Gulf States

Publisher: Amistad Press

Contributors:

Zora Neale Hurston (Author)

Contributors: Zora Neale Hurston (Author)

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BISAC categories: Social Science -> Folklore & Mythology

BISAC categories: Social Science -> Cultural & Ethnic Studies -> American

BISAC categories: Literary Criticism -> American -> African American & Black

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A recently discovered collection of folktales celebrating African American oral tradition, community, and faith..."splendidly vivid and true."--New York Times

Every Tongue Got to Confess is an extensive volume of African American folklore that Zora Neale Hurston collected on her travels through the Gulf States in the late 1920s.

The bittersweet and often hilarious taleswhich range from longer narratives about God, the Devil, White Folk, and Mistaken Identity to witty one-linersreveal attitudes about faith, love, family, slavery, race, and community. Together, this collection of nearly 500 folktales weaves a vibrant tapestry that celebrates the African American life in the rural South and represent a major part of Zora Neale Hurstons literary legacy.

ISBN-10: 0060934549
ISBN-13: 9780060934545
Author: Hurston, Zora Neale, N/A, N/A
Publisher: Amistad Press

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780060934545

ISBN-10: 0060934549

Publisher: Amistad Press

Publish Date: October 1, 2002

On Sale Date: January 1, 0001

Language: English

Pages: 320

Dimensions: 8.1 × 5.32 × 0.81 in

Weight: 0.52 lbs

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