The Failure of Folklore in Richard Wright's Black Boy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2797370 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jay Mechling (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 104 |
| Issue | 413 |
| Pages | 275 |
| Publication date | 1991-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of American Folklore (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8715 • E-ISSN: 1535-1882 |
| Publisher | University of Illinois Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/541446 |
| OpenAlex | W2319689436 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 13 |
A close, critical reading ofBlack Boy (1945) shows the extent to which Richard Wright drew upon African-American folklore for the content and aesthetic style of his autobiographical narrative. But the close reading also discovers ways in which the folk traditions failed Wright, especially in the intercultural encounter. These instances of the failure offolklore draw our attention to larger issues about the double bind as a structural instrument of cultural hegemony and about the limitations of folklore as a resource for resisting the double bind
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2016 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |