Aesthetics: Genre Conventions Minstrelsy

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"A Point of Law", 217 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Work›Law enforcement
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Genre Conventions›Minstrelsy
"A Point of Law", 217 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Backyard | Domestic Space›Porch | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Work›Law enforcement
Cultural Issues: Law›Evidence
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Simile | Genre Conventions›Minstrelsy
"A Point of Law", 218 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard | Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Bodily›Staring | Economic›Bargaining | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Negotiation
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Headrag | Clothes›Overalls | Clothes›Panama hat
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Gaze | Recurring Tropes›Twilight
Relationships: Familial›Conflict | Intergenerational›Conflict | Marital›Arrangements
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Genre Conventions›Minstrelsy | Style›Character portrait | Tone›Humorous
"A Point of Law", 222 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Verbal›Naming self | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Law›Wedding license
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Still | Objects›Well | Psychological›Peace
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Marital›Conflict | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Simile | Genre Conventions›Minstrelsy | Style›Character portrait | Tone›Humorous
"A Point of Law", 224 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Heat | Domestic Space›Yard | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Laid-by season
Actions: Economic›Purchase | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Economy›Dowry | Politics›Election
Themes and Motifs: Money›Dowry | Objects›Still | Objects›Wagon | Objects›Well
Relationships: Marital›Conflict | Marital›Father in law-son in law
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Genre Conventions›Minstrelsy | Tone›Humorous
"Pantaloon in Black", 254 (Event)
Environment: Place›Jail
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Laughing | Mental›Thinking | Violent›Fighting | Work›Law enforcement
Cultural Issues: Law›Chain gang | Law›Incarceration | Race›Black stereotype | Race›Stereotype eyes
Themes and Motifs: Character›Superhuman strength
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Dehumanizing | Genre Conventions›Minstrelsy
Flags in the Dust, 282 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›October | Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Economic›Indebtedness | Verbal›Shouting | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Sunday clothes | Crime›Embezzlement | Crime›Extortion
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Coin
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Genre Conventions›Minstrelsy
Go Down, Moses, 308 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›And race | Hunting›Bear hunting | Perceptual›Hearing
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Comedy | Genre Conventions›Minstrelsy | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Intruder in the Dust, 215 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Worry | Moral›Entrapment / trapping | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Gossip
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Minstrelsy
Intruder in the Dust, 238 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Economic›Earning Money | Economic›Getting a receipt | Economic›Indebtedness | Verbal›Dialogue
Themes and Motifs: Money›Bill | Money›Coin | Money›Expenses
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Genre Conventions›Minstrelsy