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Africanisms in American culture

Title
Africanisms in American culture / edited by Joseph E. Holloway.
Publication
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2005.

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Holloway, Joseph E.
Description
ix, 436 p.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Blacks in the diaspora
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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.
Call Number
JFE 05-8491
ISBN
  • 0253344794 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0253217490 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 025332839X (hbk.)
LCCN
2004020284
OCLC
56422012
Title
Africanisms in American culture / edited by Joseph E. Holloway.
Imprint
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2005.
Edition
2nd ed.
Series
Blacks in the diaspora
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Holloway, Joseph E.
Research Call Number
JFE 05-8491
Sc E 06-14
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