In the African-American Grain

In the African-American Grain

Call-and-response in Twentieth-century Black Fiction

by John F. Callahan

280 pages· 2001· ISBN 9780252069826
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An exploration of the impact of African-American oral storytelling techniques on modern and contemporary fiction. This book shows how African-American writers have used the forms and forces of this discourse to establish a potential relationship between storyteller and audience; and also a potential for change.

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