Africanisms in American culture
By: edited by Joseph E. Holloway.
Contributors: Holloway, Joseph E.
Series: Blacks in the diaspora
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
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: Introduction / Joseph E. Holloway; title: The origins of African-American culture / Joseph E. Holloway; title: African elements in African-American English / Molefi Kete Asante; title: The case of voodoo in New Orleans / Jessie Gaston Mulira; title: Gullah attitudes toward life and death / Margaret Washington Creel; 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