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Slave Culture : Nationalist Theory and the Foundations of Black America.

In this ground-breaking study, Sterling Stuckey, a leading cultural historian and authority on slavery, explains how different African peoples interacted on the plantations of the South to achieve a common culture. He argues that, at the time of emancipation, slaves still remained essentially Africa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stuckey, Sterling
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1988.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In this ground-breaking study, Sterling Stuckey, a leading cultural historian and authority on slavery, explains how different African peoples interacted on the plantations of the South to achieve a common culture. He argues that, at the time of emancipation, slaves still remained essentially African in culture, a conclusion with profound implications for theories of black liberation and for the future of race relations in America. Drawing evidence from the anthropology and art history of Central and West African cultural traditions and exploring the folklore of the American slave, Stuckey rev.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (438 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliography: p. 359-413 and index.
ISBN:9780198021247
0198021240
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