Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Wepman, Dennis
2. Newman, Ronald B.
3. Binderman, Murray B.

Description

1. 205 pages; 24 cm.

Series statement

1. The Folklore and folklife series
2. Pennsylvania. University. Publications in folklore and folklife.

Uniform title

1. Folklore and folklife series.

Alternative title

1. Folk poetry of the black hustler.

Subject

1. Prostitutes
2. Poetry
3. Prostitutes > Poetry
4. Blacks > Social conditions > Poetry
5. American poetry > African American authors
6. Toasts (African American folk poetry)
7. Folk poetry, American
8. African American criminals > Poetry
9. Narrative poetry, American
10. African Americans > Social conditions > Poetry
11. Male prostitutes > Poetry
12. Street life > Poetry

Genre/Form

1. Toasts (African American folk poetry)
2. American poetry.
3. Folk poetry, American.
4. Narrative poetry, American.
5. Poetry.

Contents

1. Introduction -- The Toasts - Narratives; Boasts and Precepts.

Call number

1. Sc E 22-243

Note

1. "'A Stone Authentic Collection of Toasts,' Iceberg Slim." -- Cover

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-200) and index.

Additional formats (note)

1. Also issued online.

Title

1. The life : the lore and folk poetry of the black hustler / [compiled by] Dennis Wepman, Ronald B. Newman, Murray B. Binderman.

Publisher

1. [Philadelphia] : University of Pennsylvania Press, [1976]

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Series

1. The Folklore and folklife series
2. Pennsylvania. University. Publications in folklore and folklife.
3. Folklore and folklife series.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-200) and index.

Additional formats

1. Also issued online.

Local note

1. Schomburg copy with dust jacket.

Added author

1. Wepman, Dennis, compiler.
2. Newman, Ronald B., compiler.
3. Binderman, Murray B., compiler.

Added title

1. Folk poetry of the black hustler.

LCCN

1. 76012047

ISBN

1. 0812277104
2. 9780812277104
3. 0812210891 (pbk.)
4. 9780812210897 (pbk.)

Research call number

1. Sc E 22-243
2. Sc E 19-270
3. Sc E 77-17