Africanisms in American Culture, Second Edition / Edition 2

by Joseph E. Holloway, Molefi Kete Asante, George Brandon, Robert L. Hall, Jessie Ruth Gaston

Overview

An important work in the field of diaspora studies for the past decade, this collection has inspired scholars and others to explore a trail blazed originally by Melville J. Herskovits, the father of New World African studies. Since its original publication, the field has changed considerably. Africanism has been explored in its broader dimensions, particularly in the area of white Africanisms. Thus, the new edition has been revised and expanded. Joseph E. Holloway has written three essays for the new volume. The first uses a transnational framework to examine how African cultural survivals have changed over time and readapted to diasporic conditions while experiencing slavery, forced labor, and racial discrimination. The second essay is "Africanisms in African American Names in the United States." The third reconstructs Gullah history, citing numerous Africanisms not previously identified by others. In addition, "The African Heritage of White America" by John Phillips has been revised to take note of many more instances of African cultural survivals in white America and to present a new synthesis of approaches.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780253217493
Publisher:	Indiana University Press
Publication date:	08/03/2005
Series:	Blacks in the Diaspora
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	448
Sales rank:	598,393
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Joseph E. Holloway, Professor of Pan African Studies at California State University, Northridge, is a specialist in cross-cultural studies relating to Africa and Afro-Americana. He is a former Ford and Fulbright Scholar, and author of Liberian Diplomacy in Africa, Neither Black Nor White: The Saga of An American Family, and An Introduction to Classical African Civilizations. He is co-author (with Winifred K. Vass) of The African Heritage of American English and editor of The Noble Drew Ali and the Moorish Science Temple Movement and has published widely on New World Africanisms.

Table of Contents

Contents
IntroductionJoseph E. Holloway
1. The Origins of African American CultureJoseph E. Holloway
2. "What Africa Has Given America": African Continuities in the North American DiasporaJoseph E. Holloway
3. African Elements in African American CultureMolefi Kete Asante
4. Africanisms in African American Names in the United StatesJoseph E. Holloway
5. The Case of Voodoo in New OrleansJessie Ruth Gaston
6. Gullah Attitudes toward Life and DeathMargaret Washington
7. The Sacred World of the GullahsJoseph E. Holloway
8. African Religious Retentions in FloridaRobert L. Hall
9. Sacrificial Practices in Santeria, an African Cuban Religion in the United StatesGeorge Brandon
10. Kongo Influences on African American Artistic CultureRobert Farris Thompson
11. Africanisms in African American Music, Portia K. Maultsby
12. Africanisms and the Study of FolkloreBeverly J. Robinson
13. The African Heritage of White AmericaJohn Edward Philips
14. The African Character of African American Language: Insights from the Creole ConnectionSelase W. Williams

Contributors
Index