Program

Research Programs: Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars

Period of Performance

9/1/1977 - 5/31/1978

Funding Totals

$15,000.00 (approved)
$15,000.00 (awarded)


Lynching and Burning Rituals in Black Literature

FAIN: FB-13150-77

Trudier Harris
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC 27599-1350)

To study lynching and burning rituals in black literature and to study the cultural attitudes towards Blacks in America as well as the emotional and cultural functions of violence.