2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
African American Oral Tradition: From Slavery Time to Michael Jackson
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22520277
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Literature in English
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| Research Institution | Ritsumeikan University |
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Principal Investigator |
WELLS Keiko 立命館大学, 文学部, 教授 (30206627)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010-04-01 – 2014-03-31
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| Keywords | アフリカ系アメリカ人文化 / 口承文学 / Blues, Hammer songs / Black spirituals, Gospel / Folktales / Michael Jackson / 黒人文化 / 音楽文化 |
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| Research Abstract |
In this research I have thoroughly analyzed the following topics: 1)Michael Jackson's songs and performances in relation to African American folk tradition; 2)the significance of AA oral tradition in the context of AA culture and American culture in general; 3)violence and humor in AA folktales; 4)their adverse value system and the way AA people express themselves in double value system; 5)slave songs that express their joy in life, which was back lined by hardships, criticism on their masters, and desire for flight from slavery; 6)the change of hammer song lyrics, which show the changes of their concept of self and the other; 7)how the motives and imagery in religious songs have changed from negro spirituals to modern gospel songs; 8)blues song lyrics developed as a way of controlling psychological depression of the people.
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Research Products
(10 results)
