Retman, Sonnet H.,  1966- <br/><br/>
Real folks  race and genre in the Great Depression /  [electronic resource] : 
Sonnet Retman. 
 - Durham, NC :  Duke University Press,  2011. 
 - 1 online resource (xiii, 322 p.) :  ill. 
 - e-Duke books scholarly collection. .
<br/><br/> Description based on print version record 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>"A combination madhouse, burlesque show and Coney Island" : the color question in George Schuyler's Black no more -- "Inanimate hideosities" : the burlesque of racial capitalism in Nathanael West's A cool million -- "The last American frontier" : mapping the folk in the Federal Writers' Project's Florida : a guide to the southernmost state -- "Ah gives myself de privilege to go" : navigating the field and the folk in Zora Neale Hurston's Mules and men -- "Am I laughing"? : burlesque incongruities of genre, gender, and audience in Preston Sturges's Sullivan's travels -- Afterpiece : the Coen brothers' Ol'-timey blues in O brother, where art thou? 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780822393894 (electronic bks.) 0822393891 (electronic bks.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>American literature--History and criticism.--20th century<br/>Literature and folklore--History--United States--20th century.<br/>Folklore--History--United States--20th century.<br/>American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--History--1933-1945.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS228.F64  / R486 2011