Roger D. Abrahams
1933 - 2017
General Information
Bio
(1933-2017) Folklorist. Roger D. Abrahams was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died in Sunnyvale, California.
Full Name
Roger D. Abrahams
Locations
New York
Author's Timeline
1933
BIRTH
Roger David Abrahams was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on June 12, 1933.
1959
OTHER
Professor Abrahams received a master's degree in literature and folklore from Columbia University in 1959.
1964
LITWORK
Deep Down in the Jungle: Negro Narrative Folklore from the Streets of Philadelphia
Folklore Associates
Nonfiction.
Folklore Associates
Nonfiction.
1969
LITWORK
Jump-Rope Rhymes: A Dictionary
University of Texas Press (February 15, 2014). Originally published in 1969
0292712162 / 978-0292712164
Nonfiction edited with Lois Rankin.
University of Texas Press (February 15, 2014). Originally published in 1969
0292712162 / 978-0292712164
Nonfiction edited with Lois Rankin.
1970
LITWORK
Positively Black
Prentice Hall
0136860974 / 978-0136860976
Nonfiction.
Prentice Hall
0136860974 / 978-0136860976
Nonfiction.
1970
LITWORK
Positively Black
Prentice Hall
0136860974 / 978-0136860976
Nonfiction.
Prentice Hall
0136860974 / 978-0136860976
Nonfiction.
1975
LITWORK
Discovering Afro-America
Brill
9004042644 / 978-9004042643
Nonfiction edited with John F. Szwed.
Brill
9004042644 / 978-9004042643
Nonfiction edited with John F. Szwed.
1976
LITWORK
Talking Black
Newbury House Publishers
0883770393 / 978-0883770399
Nonfiction.
Newbury House Publishers
0883770393 / 978-0883770399
Nonfiction.
1977
LITWORK
Afro-American Folk Culture: An Annotated Bibliography of Materials from North, Central and South America, and the West Indies
Institute for the Study of Human Issues (June 1978)
0915980800 / 978-0915980802
Nonfiction.
Institute for the Study of Human Issues (June 1978)
0915980800 / 978-0915980802
Nonfiction.
1980
LITWORK
Counting-Out Rhymes: A Dictionary
University of Texas Press
0292710577 / 978-0292710573
Nonfiction edited with Lois Rankin.
University of Texas Press
0292710577 / 978-0292710573
Nonfiction edited with Lois Rankin.
1980
LITWORK
Between the Living and the Dead: Riddles Which Tell Stories
Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia
9514103688 / 978-9514103681
Nonfiction.
Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia
9514103688 / 978-9514103681
Nonfiction.
1983
LITWORK
The Man-of-Words in the West Indies: Performance and the Emergence of Creole Culture
The Johns Hopkins University Press
0801828384 / 978-0801828386
Nonfiction.
The Johns Hopkins University Press
0801828384 / 978-0801828386
Nonfiction.
1992
LITWORK
Singing the Master: The Emergence of African-American Culture in the Plantation South
New York: Pantheon Books
Nonfiction.
New York: Pantheon Books
Nonfiction.
2005
LITWORK
Everyday Life: A Poetics of Vernacular Practices
University of Pennsylvania Press
0812238419 / 978-0812238419
Nonfiction.
University of Pennsylvania Press
0812238419 / 978-0812238419
Nonfiction.
2006
LITWORK
Blues for New Orleans: Mardi Gras and America's Creole Soul
University of Pennsylvania Press
0812239598 / 978-0812239591
Collection of essays written with John F. Szwed, Nick Spitzer, and Robert Farris Thompson.
University of Pennsylvania Press
0812239598 / 978-0812239591
Collection of essays written with John F. Szwed, Nick Spitzer, and Robert Farris Thompson.
2017
DEATH
Roger D. Abrahams died in Sunnyvale, California, on June 20, 2017.
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