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Variations on the tar-baby legend are found in the folklore of more than one culture. In the Journal of American Folklore in 1943, Aurelio M. Espinosa discussed various different motifs within 267 versions of the tar-baby story that were ostensibly 'in his possession'.
8. Feb. 2022 · Tar Baby and Other Folktales. Linda Wagner-Martin. Chapter. First Online: 08 February 2022. 244 Accesses. Part of the Literary Lives book series (LL) Abstract. Morrison’s fascination with building novels around a folktale continued as she wrote her fourth book, Tar Baby, published in 1981.
- Linda Wagner-Martin
Tar-Baby, sticky tar doll, the central figure in black American folktales popularized in written literature by the American author Joel Chandler Harris. Harris’ “Tar-Baby” (1879), one of the animal tales told by the character Uncle Remus, is but one example of numerous African-derived tales.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Tar Baby and Other Folktales Morrison’s fascination with building novels around a folktale continued as she wrote her fourth book, Tar Baby, published in 1981. Many of her comments about the folktale appeared separate from the novel, however. She described a kind of fear she felt when the concept of that “baby”—a girl child—made
Br’er Rabbit (bzw. auch Brer Rabbit) ist eine Tricksterfigur aus den Geschichten der vielen Einflüssen unterliegenden afroamerikanischen Folklore, insbesondere aus den Geschichten, die in den Südstaaten der USA verbreitet sind. Sie wurden mündlich über Generationen hinweg überliefert und später auch schriftlich festgehalten.
Abstract. Morrison’s fascination with building novels around a folktale continued as she wrote her fourth book, Tar Baby, published in 1981. Many of her comments about the folktale appeared separate from the novel, however.
Though not always successful, the efforts of Br'er Rabbit made him a folk hero. Several elements in the Brer Rabbit Tar Baby story (e.g., rabbit needing to be taught a lesson, punching and head butting the rabbit, the stuck rabbit being swung around and around) are reminiscent of those found in a Zimbabwe-Botswana folktale.
