Reassessing Brer Rabbit: friendship, altruism, and community in the folklore of enslaved African-Americans.

This article examines the Brer Rabbit trickster tales of enslaved African Americans. It challenges earlier interpretations of scholars who view the world of Brer Rabbit as amoral and anarchic. Lawrence Levine, for example, claimed that friendship was portrayed as a ‘fragile reed’ in the Brer Rabbit...

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Publicado en:	Slavery & Abolition Vol. 39; no. 1; pp. 123 - 147
Autor principal:	Lussana, Sergio
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Mar2018
Materias:	Brer Rabbit (Legendary character) African American folklore African American tales Friendship in literature Altruism in literature
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