Title Mutha' Is Half A Word Intersection of Folklore, Vernacular, Myth, and Queerness in Black Female Culture / L.H. Stallings

Published Columbus : Ohio State University Press, 2007 Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 0000 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 334 p.) Series Book collections on Project MUSE Contents The black woman and the trickster trope of unnaming -- The erotics of a healing subjectivity: sexual desire, the spirit, and the divine nature of trickster -- "Mutha' is half a word!": tar baby trope and blue material in black female comedy -- Badd-nasty: tricking the tropes of the Bad man/Nigga and Queen B (?) -- The black and white of Queen B(?)'s play -- Queen B(?)s queering of neo-soul desire -- Representin' for the bitches: Queen B(?) in hip-hop culture -- Trickster's gift: a language of sexual rights through polymorphous erotics and voluptuous black women's sexualities Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-328) and index Notes Description based on print version record Subject African American women -- Folklore African American women -- Intellectual life African American women -- Race identity Gender identity in literature. Lesbianism in literature. African American women in literature. American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism African American women -- Ethnic identity African American women African American women in literature African American women -- Intellectual life African American women -- Race identity American literature -- African American authors American literature -- Women authors Gender identity in literature Lesbianism in literature Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Folklore Form Electronic book Author Project Muse. distributor. LC no. 2006037239 ISBN 9780814272138 0814272134

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