title: The Annotated African American Folktales (The Annotated Books)
author: Henry Louis Gates Jr.
description: A journey across space and time<em>Annotated African American Folktales</em> reclaims stories passed down from slavery.<br /> - <strong><em>NPR, All Things Considered</em></strong><br /><br />An exhaustive collection for both academic and casual audiencesGates' and Tatar's introductions provide essential critical frameworks for understanding black folk culture's centrality to wider American culture, while the secondary sources shed light on the various methodologies and philosophies that have informed how scholars gather folklore. An exhaustive, informative, and entertaining survey of African-American folklore, its centrality to American culture, and the universality of myth.<br /> - <strong><em>Kirkus Reviews</em></strong><br /><br />PanoramicExtensively sourced, this groundbreaking gathering redefines African American folklore, establishes a canon, and traces the influence of these stories on American history, society, and culture. A rigorous achievement and a worthy and fascinating addition to any folklore, African American studies, or American literature collection.<br /> - <strong><em>Booklist</em></strong>
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  # AINO FOLK-TALES.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## BY  
  
  
  BASIL HALL CHAMBERLAIN.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### WITH INTRODUCTION
  
  
  #### BY
  
  
  ### EDWARD B. TYLOR, D.C.L., F.R.S.
  
  
  
  
  
  Privately Printed
  
  
  ### FOR  
  
  
  THE FOLK-LORE SOCIETY.  
  
  
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  ### 1888.