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The birth of African-American culture : an anthropological perspective / Sidney W. Mintz and Richard Price. [print]

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: ISHI occasional papers in social change ; no. 2.Publication details: Boston : Beacon Press, (c)1992.Description: xv, 121 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780807009161
  • 9780807009178
Uniform titles:
  • Anthropological approach to the Afro-American past
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • F2191.P946.B578 1992
  • F2191
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Contents:
Sociocultural contact and flow in slave societies -- The slave sector -- The beginnings of African-American societies and cultures -- Retentions and survivals -- Kinship and sex roles -- Conclusion.
Subject: "This compelling look at the wellsprings of cultural vitality during one of the most dehumanizing experiences in history provides a fresh perspective on the African-American past." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hm031/91041020.html.
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION Non-fiction F2191.M667.B578 1992 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923000815833

Originally published: An anthropological approach to the Afro-American past. Philadelphia : Institute for the Study of Human Issues, 1976. (ISHI occasional papers in social change ; numbers 2). With new preface.

"This compelling look at the wellsprings of cultural vitality during one of the most dehumanizing experiences in history provides a fresh perspective on the African-American past." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hm031/91041020.html.

The encounter model -- Sociocultural contact and flow in slave societies -- The slave sector -- The beginnings of African-American societies and cultures -- Retentions and survivals -- Kinship and sex roles -- Conclusion.

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