ISBN:
9780195305692
,
9780195305685
Language:
English
Pages:
XXXIV, 522 S.
Edition:
30. anniversary ed.
DDC:
398.2089/96073
Keywords:
Geschichte
;
Geschichte 1600-1976
;
Schwarze. USA
;
African Americans Folklore
;
Folklore
;
Sklaverei
;
Kultur
;
Geschichte
;
Bewusstsein
;
Schwarze
;
USA
;
USA
;
USA
;
Kultur
;
Schwarze
;
Geschichte 1600-1976
;
USA
;
Kultur
;
Schwarze
;
Geschichte
;
USA
;
Kultur
;
Schwarze
;
Geschichte
;
Sklaverei
;
Bewusstsein
Abstract:
When this book first appeared in 1977, it marked a revolution in the understanding of African American history. Contrary to prevailing ideas at the time, which held that African culture disappeared quickly under slavery and that black Americans had little group pride, history, or cohesiveness, the author uncovered a rich and complex African American oral tradition, including songs, proverbs, jokes, folktales, and long narrative poems called toasts--work that dated from before and after emancipation. The fact that these ideas and sources seem so commonplace now is in large part due this book and the scholarship that followed in its wake. A landmark work that was part of the "cultural turn" in American history, this book profoundly influenced an entire generation of historians.
