New York Folklore Journal Vol. 18, Nos. 1-4

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From NEW YORK FOLKLORE (Vol. 18, Nos. 1-4):
"In the case of African-American folklore study, we begin by recognizing that African-American cultural identity—an ongoing process of identity formation shaped by a historical experience that had its origins in Africa—is the source of a unique folk identity. In accepting this duality, we develop approaches that illuminate the ways in which African-American identity influences the dynamic process of artistic communication that we call folklore.
—John W. Roberts, from "Arican-American Folklore in a Discourse of Folkness"

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NOTE: The New York Folklore Society Newsletter and New York Folklore Journal were replaced by Voices: The Journal of New York Folklore which debuted in December, 2000.

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NEW YORK FOLKLORE
Vol. XVIII, Nos. 1-4, 2000*
Through African-Centered Prisms
Guest Editor: Barbara L. Hampton
with editorial contributions by
John W. Suter, Karen Taussig-Lux, and Sally Atwater

CONTENTS

Introduction	John W. Roberts	1
Part I: Re-Visioning African-American Culture
On Modernity, Theory, and Practice in the African-American Tradition	Frank M. Kirkland	11
Negritude in Music Revisited: Old Wine or New Bottles?	Christopher Brooks	53
African-American Folklore in a Discourse of Folkness	John W. Roberts	73
Part II: Researching African-American Culture: Issues of Authority
Thomas Washington Talley: Early Twentieth-Century African-American Folklore Theorist	Gerald L. Davis	91
An Early Model for the Study of African-American Folklore: Carter G. Woodson and the Journal of Negro History	Cassandra A. Stancil	103
Journeys to African-American Art: Issues in Contemporary Exhibition	Gladys-Marie Fry	119
On Cultural Vaccination and the Twenty-First Century	Joan Maynard	133
Part III: Emergent Discourses: Issues of Representation
"Some Hard Usage": The New York City Slave Revolt of 1712	Thelma Willis Foote	147
Men Have the Church, Us Women Have the Conference: Decreasing Sexist and Assimilationist Policies in the Church	Nancy J. Fairley	161
Voices of Tradition and Promise: African-American Gospel Women Musicians	Barbara L. Hampton	179
African-American Folklore and Cultural History in the Films of Spike Lee	Gloria J. Gibson-Hudson	205
Kente Cloth: A Ghanaian Tradition in the United States	Marilyn M. White	219
Erasure of the DJ: Hip Hop Music and Popular Music Criticism	Laura Johnson	227
Tell Them So You’ll Know	Estella Conwill Majozo	245
Commentary
Chips Off the Old Block	William H. Wiggins, Jr.	255
Epilogue	Gerald L. Davis	263

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*This volume was delayed in publication and published out of sequence.