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Jumping the broom : the surprising multicultural origins of a black wedding ritual /
"In this definitive history of a unique tradition, Tyler D. Parry untangles the convoluted history of the 'broomstick wedding.' Popularly associated with African American culture, Parry traces the ritual's origins to marginalized groups in the British Isles and explores how it in...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
2020
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: A multicultural tradition
- Chapter One. Irregular unions: the broomstick wedding in the British Isles
- Chapter Two. As if they had been joined by a clergyman: jumping the broom and American slavery
- Chapter Three. Don't tell things like that: matrimonial change and continuity after the Civil War
- Chapter Four. Into the white mind: jumping the broom and social divisions among white Americans
- Chapter Five. Better than nothing: broomstick weddings in European American ritual practice
- Chapter Six. No expression as prevalent: civil rights, black power, and Alex Haley's Roots
- Chapter Seven. Every black person should do it: the rise of the "heritage wedding"
- Chapter Eight. To create our own rituals: same-sex marriage and the symbolic value of jumping the broom
- Chapter Nine. Beyond black or white: the broomstick wedding's expanding meaning
- Conclusion. Whose heritage? Whose culture?: the uncertain future of jumping the broom
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.