African-American Proverbs in Context
From slave times to the present the proverb has been a mainstay in African-American communication. Such sayings as "Hard times make a monkey eat red pepper when he don't care for black," "The blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice," and "Nothing ruins a duck but its bill" convey not only axiomatic impact but also profound contextual meanings.\ This study of African-American proverbs is the first to probe deeply into these meanings and contexts. Sw. Anand Prahlad's interest in proverbs dates...
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A groundbreaking study of proverbs in African-American speech from slave times to the present
PrefaceAcknowledgments1Toward a Contextual Theory3Pt. 11930s-1960s352Proverbial Speech among the Ex-enslaved: Speech Events with European-Americans373Proverbs in Blues Lyrics: Creativity and Innovation77Pt. 2Contemporary Speech Acts1194Proverb Masters and Symbolic Meaning1214Proverb Speech Acts among Peers165Appendix195Notes261References267Index287
