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Africanisms in American culture / edited by Joseph E. Holloway.

Contributor(s): Holloway, Joseph E
Material type: TextTextSeries: Blacks in the diaspora: ; Midland book: MB 686.Publisher: Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, 1991Copyright date: ©1990Edition: First Midland book editionDescription: xxi, 249 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0253206863 (pbk.)Subject(s): African Americans | African Americans -- Social life and customs | United States -- Civilization -- African influencesBibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction / Joseph E. Holloway -- The origins of African-American culture / Joseph E. Holloway -- African elements in African-American English / Molefi Kete Asante -- The case of voodoo in New Orleans / Jessie Gaston Mulira -- Gullah attitudes toward life and death / Margaret Washington Creel -- 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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Joseph E. Holloway -- The origins of African-American culture / Joseph E. Holloway -- African elements in African-American English / Molefi Kete Asante -- The case of voodoo in New Orleans / Jessie Gaston Mulira -- Gullah attitudes toward life and death / Margaret Washington Creel -- 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

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