Africanisms in American culture
By: edited by Joseph E. Holloway.
Contributors: Holloway, Joseph E.
Series: Blacks in the diaspora
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 436
Subjects: African Americans -- History.; African Americans -- Social life and customs.; African diaspora.; United States -- Civilization -- African influences.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The origins of African American culture / Joseph E. Holloway; title: "What Africa has given America" : African continuities in the North American diaspora / Joseph E. Holloway; title: African elements in African American culture / Molefi Kete Asante; title: Africanisms in African American names in the United States / Joseph E. Holloway; title: The case of voodoo in New Orleans / Jessie Ruth Gaston; title: Gullah attitudes toward life and death / Margaret Washington; title: The sacred world of the Gullahs / Joseph E. Holloway; title: African religious retentions in Florida / Robert L. Hall; title: Sacrificial practices in Santeria, an African Cuban religion in the United States / George Brandon; title: Kongo influences on African American artistic culture / Robert Farris Thompson; title: Africanisms in African American music / Portia K. Maultsby; title: Africanisms and the study of folklore / Beverly J. Robinson; title: The African heritage of white America / John Edward Philips; title: The African character of African American language : insights from the Creole connection / Selase W. Williams.