Honey, Hush!: An Anthology of African American Women's HumorDaryl Cumber Dance W. W. Norton & Company, 1998 - 673 pàgines "Honey Hush!" is an exclamation used among black women, especially those from the South, as a friendly encouragement, a mild suggestion of playful disbelief, or a suggestion that one is telling truths that are prohibited. This anthology will make readers say "Honey, Hush!" many times. Often hard-hitting, sometimes risque', always dramatic and eloquent, the vibrant humor of African American women is celebrated in this bold, unique and comprehensive collection. Arising from the depth of black women's souls and the breadth of their lives, it reflects what the American experience has meant to them. |
Continguts
Foreword by Nikki Giovanni | xix |
Acknowledgments | xxxvii |
No Big Thing for Oman | 1 |
ROXANNE SHANTÉ Have a Nice | 7 |
MARGARET WALKER Kissie Lee | 14 |
ETHEL WATERS Whipping the Chorus Girls | 20 |
VALERIE WILSON WESLEY Devils Gonna Get Him | 25 |
ANONYMOUS View de Land | 31 |
BARBARA BRANDON Where Im Coming From | 350 |
Coco Love Awaits | 360 |
MIMEOGRAPHED ITEM Dear Ann Landers | 366 |
BARBARA BRANDON Where Im Coming From | 368 |
BARBARA BRANDON Where Im Coming From | 374 |
MAMA SEZ | 381 |
GLORIA NAYLOR Mama Day | 388 |
DOROTHY WEST The Wedding | 397 |
CHAPTER 2 | 39 |
FOLK An Hour of Pleasure | 47 |
PATRICIA J WILLIAMS In Search of Pharaohs Daughter | 54 |
JULIA A BOYD Got a Job to Do | 63 |
KARLA F C HOLLOWAY Nice Girls | 78 |
SISTER TO SISTER | 88 |
The Liberation of Aunt Jemima | 98 |
LOUISE MERIWETHER A Happening in Barbados | 106 |
APRIL SINCLAIR Looking Out for the Children | 115 |
ALISON WORKMAN | 121 |
FOLK Do You Remember? | 128 |
Bronzeville | 135 |
MOTHER LOVE Dealing with Illness and Helpless Relatives | 141 |
MIMEOGRAPHED ITEM The Strongest Drive | 150 |
BINFORD Quilting Time | 157 |
MAGGIE POGUE JOHNSON Meal Time | 169 |
BECKY BIRTHA Johnnieruth | 176 |
ETHEL MORGAN SMITH The Spelling Bee | 189 |
MAGGIE POGUE JOHNSON To See Ol Booker T | 202 |
TINA MCELROY ANSA Ugly Ways | 217 |
CHAPTER 5 | 225 |
JOYCE CAROL THOMAS Young Reverend Zelma Lee Moses | 238 |
MICHELE BOWENSPENCER A Fool a Girlfriend a Husband | 257 |
HATTIE MAE DAWSON The Preacher Tells a Lie | 264 |
A ELIZABETH DELANY Praising the Lord | 271 |
CHAPTER 6 | 277 |
ANONYMOUS A Difficult Courtship | 284 |
ZORA NEALE HURSTON Story in Harlem Slang | 291 |
RITA DOVE Through the Ivory Gate | 298 |
JESSIE REDMON FAUSET Mary Elizabeth | 307 |
MARY WESTON FORDHAM The Coming Woman | 314 |
SARAH AND A ELIZABETH DELANY We Aint Dead Yet | 320 |
MIMEOGRAPHED ITEM The Mechanic | 322 |
BARBARA BRANDON Where Im Coming From | 329 |
FOLK Over the Hill | 335 |
FLO KENNEDY On Marriage | 344 |
GLORIA NAYLOR Linden Hills | 406 |
APRIL SINCLAIR Coffee Will Make You Black | 412 |
DOROTHY WEST The Living Is Easy | 418 |
MIMEOGRAPHED ITEM College Graduates | 424 |
Raised Hell while I Was There | 431 |
FOLK Tongue and Teeth | 437 |
JACQUELINE BRICEFINCH English Umor | 443 |
MIMEOGRAPHED ITEM Blacks Application for Employment | 453 |
Fight Kick Bite | 457 |
LINDA BRENT Months of Peril | 464 |
FORMER SLAVE No Overseer Ever Downed Her | 470 |
SLAVE SONG Old Satan Is Mad | 477 |
MATTIE J JACKSON The Soldiers and Our Treatment | 485 |
FANNIE BERRY Wes Free | 491 |
PAULINE GAY Too Many Ups | 497 |
ALICE CHILDRESS The Pocketbook Game | 504 |
MOMS MABLEY Listen Mame | 510 |
BONNIE ALLEN We Are Overcome | 518 |
FANNIE LOU HAMER Sick and Tired of Being Sick | 524 |
RODGERS The Revolution Is Resting | 530 |
OPAL J MOORE Git That Gal a Red Dress | 531 |
ANN PETRY The Bones of Louella Brown | 538 |
LANI GUINIER Female Gentleman | 551 |
BARBARA BRANDON Where Im Coming From | 559 |
JILL NELSON We Will Live the Life of the Cosbys | 567 |
MIMEOGRAPHED ITEM Affirmative Action in Heaven | 573 |
JOHNNETTA B COLE Sister President | 579 |
NIKKI GIOVANNI Lorraine Hansberry | 591 |
MARILYN NELSON WANIEK Emily Dickinsons Defunct | 597 |
MIMEOGRAPHED ITEM Bill Clintons Advisers and Cabinet | 604 |
FOLK O J Is Chilly | 606 |
JACQUELINE BRICEFINCH Safe Sex | 612 |
SISTER TO SISTER | 618 |
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Credits | 665 |
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Honey, Hush!: An Anthology of African American Women's Humor Nikki Giovanni Previsualització limitada - 1998 |
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Referències a aquest llibre
From My People: 400 Years of African American Folklore Daryl Cumber Dance Previsualització limitada - 2002 |
From the Kitchen to the Parlor: Language and Becoming in African American ... Lanita Jacobs-Huey Previsualització no disponible - 2006 |