BLUES AND JAZZ

1) The role of the South in Black people’s lives.
2) The complex relationship Black people have with the South.
3) The struggle of Black men and White men over Black Women’s bodies
(Think about our discuss of the texts, Blood Burning Moon from Cain,
by Jean Toomer; and Richard Wright’s Big Boy Leaves Home [the
role of the White woman in this text])
4) Violence (you can look at texts from the section on The South)
5) The role and affects of Jim Crow.
6) Black Manhood (you can look at texts from the section on The South).
7) Black Womanhood (you can look at the section on The South).
8) Black Women as Conjure Women
9) The tradition, role and function of the Trickster.
10) The role of Folklore.
11) The role and function of the Folk Hero.
12) The role and function of the Badman (Hero).
13) Black Women as Midwives
14) The tradition and role of The Blues
15) The tradition and role of Jazz