Africanisms in American culture

The origins of African American culture / Joseph E. Holloway -- "What Africa has given America": African continuities in the North American diaspora / Joseph E. Holloway -- African elements in African American culture / Molefi Kete Asante -- Africanisms in African American names in the Uni...

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Weitere Verfasser: Holloway, Joseph E. (BerichterstatterIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Bloomington Indiana University Press 2005
Schriftenreihe:Blacks in the diaspora
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Zusammenfassung:The origins of African American culture / Joseph E. Holloway -- "What Africa has given America": African continuities in the North American diaspora / Joseph E. Holloway -- African elements in African American culture / Molefi Kete Asante -- Africanisms in African American names in the United States / Joseph E. Holloway -- The case of voodoo in New Orleans / Jessie Ruth Gaston -- Gullah attitudes toward life and death / Margaret Washington -- The sacred world of the Gullahs / Joseph E. Holloway -- African religious retentions in Florida / Robert L. Hall -- Sacrificial practices in Santeria, an African Cuban religion in the United States / George Brandon -- Kongo influences on African American artistic culture / Robert Farris Thompson -- Africanisms in African American music / Portia K. Maultsby -- Africanisms and the study of folklore / Beverly J. Robinson -- The African heritage of white America / John Edward Philips -- The African character of African American language : insights
Beschreibung:Includes index.
Beschreibung:IX, 436 Seiten
ISBN:0253344794
0-253-34479-4
0253217490
0-253-21749-0