ISBN:
0253206863
,
9780253206862
Language:
English
Pages:
xxi, 249 p.
,
ill.
,
24 cm
Edition:
1st Midland book ed
Series Statement:
Blacks in the diaspora
Series Statement:
Midland book MB 686
DDC:
305.896
Keywords:
African Americans
;
African Americans Social life and customs
;
Culturele invloeden
;
Negers
;
United States Civilization
;
African influences
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
USA
;
Kultur
;
Subsaharisches Afrika
;
Schwarze
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Introduction
,
The origins of African-American culture
,
African elements in African-American English
,
The case of voodoo in New Orleans
,
Gullah attitudes toward life and death
,
African religious retentions in Florida
,
Sacrificial practices in Santeria, an African-Cuban religion in the United States
,
Kongo influences on African-American artistic culture
,
Africanisms in African-American music
,
Africanisms and the study of folklore
,
The African heritage of white America
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