Africanisms in American culture / edited by Joseph E. Holloway.
Series: Blacks in the diasporaPublication details: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2005.Description: ix, 436 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0253344794
- 0253217490
- 973/.0496073 22
- E185 .A26 2005
Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | NMC Library | Stacks | E185 .A26 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 33039001354363 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 from the Creole connection / Selase W. Williams.