Oral Folk Traditions in Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon: African American History, Geneology and Cultural Identity [Paperback]

Szilvia Surányi (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 3639011902 | ISBN-13: 978-3639011906 | Publication Date: May 25, 2008

This book aims to present the power of the African American oral folk traditions. It shows how a simple folk song is able to embody past and present,family origins and cultural identity at the same time. In Song of Solomon Morrison calls the attention of the African American community to the fact that if they are unaware of their folk heritage they can never own a self-conscious identity. It has a paramount significance to know the past of the ancestors in the lives of both an individual and a whole community, too. This book follows Milkman's, the protagonist's, quest for self- and cultural identity. Morrison made a folk song adjusted to the plot of the novel that was used as a complement parallel to the development of Milkman's mature identity. The revival of the oral folk traditions makes the protagonist a self-conscious member of his community. In this book the reader can follow the development of Milkman's indentity parallel with the song, and can learn my final conclusion in broaden dimensions.

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MA English Language, Literature and Linguistics. I was educated at Péter Pázmány Catholic University, Piliscsaba, Hungary where I received an MA degree in 2005. Currently, I am a teacher. I teach English language.

Product Details

• Paperback: 52 pages
• Publisher: VDM Verlag (May 25, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3639011902
• ISBN-13: 978-3639011906
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,682,788 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This review is from: Oral Folk Traditions in Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon: African American History, Geneology and Cultural Identity (Paperback)

This is a tiny little pamphlet without much substance - I thought I was buying a book to use for my research paper in grad school. Total ripoff - I wouldn't have minded so much but $75.00? Where does this price come from - you must be kidding! I have never ever had this experience with Amazon.com before, but I am going to be much more wary of buying in the future.

If I missed in the description that this was such a flimsy piece of work, then shame on me, but where do you get off charging this price for something of this size - and not all that informative or well written, either. I want a refund, can I still send it back even though I opened it?