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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Published in:	Slavery & Abolition Vol. 39; no. 1; pp. 123 - 147
Main Author:	Lussana, Sergio
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Mar2018
Subjects:	Brer Rabbit (Legendary character) African American folklore African American tales Friendship in literature Altruism in literature
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