African American literature has been one of the chief purveyors of African American culture’s folklore tradition. Writers, through fiction and nonfiction accounts, keep alive the stories of such figures as Br’er Rabbit, High John the Conquerer, and John Henry. Other than these manifest folktales, there is also a canon of latent folktales that modern writers are attempting to bring back to African American consciousness. Such is the case with Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon, a novel that shares the informative and inspirational folktale of flying Africans. This article explores the role that flying plays not only in Morrison’s novel but also its continued relevance and effectiveness for African Americans, and other oppressed communities, seeking liberation. I propose that flying is a mode of religious conversion (i.e., an act of (re-)turning) that has enabled African Americans to come in touch with supernatural resources during times of sociopolitical, communal, and personal sorrow.

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飞回家：非裔美国人背景下的一种转换方式

非裔美国人文学一直是非裔美国人文化民俗传统的主要传播者之一。作家们通过小说和非小说的叙述，让诸如兔子兄弟、征服者高约翰和约翰亨利等人物的故事保持鲜活。除了这些明显的民间故事，现代作家还试图将一些潜在的民间故事带回非裔美国人的意识。托妮·莫里森 (Toni Morrison) 的《所罗门之歌》(Song of Solomon) 就是这种情况，这部小说分享了非洲人飞行的信息丰富且鼓舞人心的民间故事。本文探讨了飞行不仅在莫里森的小说中所扮演的角色，而且还探讨了它对非裔美国人和其他寻求解放的受压迫社区的持续相关性和有效性。我建议飞行是一种宗教皈依的方式（即，