Africanisms in American culture

Author(s)

• Holloway, Joseph E.

Bibliographic Information

Africanisms in American culture

edited by Joseph E. Holloway

（Midland books, MB 686）（Blacks in the diaspora）

Indiana University Press, 1991

1st midland book ed

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

• Introduction / Joseph E. Holloway
• The origins of African-American culture / Joseph E. Holloway
• African elements in African-American English / Molefi Kete Asante
• The case of voodoo in New Orleans / Jessie Gaston Mulira
• Gullah attitudes toward life and death / Margaret Washington Creel
• African religious retentions in Florida / Robert L. Hall
• Sacrificial practices in Santeria, an African-Cuban religion in the United States / George Brandon
• Kongo influences on African-American artistic culture / Robert Farris Thompson
• Africanisms in African-American music / Portia K. Maultsby
• Africanisms and the study of folklore / Beverly J. Robinson
• The African heritage of white America / John Edward Philips

Details

• NCID: BA22772587
• ISBN:
  • 025332839X
• LCCN: 88046022
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Bloomington
• Pages/Volumes: xxi, 249 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : E185
  • DC20 : 973/.0496073
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Afro-Americans
  • LCSH : Afro-Americans -- Social life and customs
  • LCSH : United States -- Civilization -- African influences
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00376225
  • BA01245153