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

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Holloway, Joseph E.
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2005], ©2005.
Edition:Second edition.
Series:Blacks in the diaspora.
Subjects:
African Americans > History.
African Americans > Social life and customs.
United States > Civilization > African influences.
African diaspora.
Physical Description:ix, 436 pages ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
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.