American Trickster: Trauma, Tradition and Brer Rabbit
- Submitting institution
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Leeds Beckett University
- Unit of assessment
- 27 - English Language and Literature
- Output identifier
- Zobel Marshall1
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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- Publisher
- Rowman and Littlefield
- ISBN
- 9781783481095
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
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- Year of publication
- 2019
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- American Trickster traces the cultural significance of the Brer Rabbit trickster figure across a broad historical period, from an analysis of the folk figure’s African roots to his place in contemporary culture. It explores the trickster figure through a wealth of cultural forms including folktales, illustrations, advertising, fiction and film. The research drew from a wide range of ethnographic and historical sources. Primary research for the book took place at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress in Washington DC. The book demonstrates how Brer Rabbit was reclaimed by African-American novelists to challenge the traumatic legacies of slavery.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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