The Birth of African-American Culture: An Anthropological Perspective, Paperback - Sidney Wilfred Mintz

This compelling look at the wellsprings of cultural vitality during one of the most dehumanizing experiences in history provides a fresh perspectiv...

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From the collages of Romare Bearden and paintings of Jean-Michel Basquiat to the fiction of Ralph Ellison and Toni Morrison to the music of Louis A...

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From ingredients and recipes to meals and menus across time and space, this highly engaging overview illustrates the important roles that anthropol...

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Publisher: Encounter Books, USAAuthor(s): Wilfred M. McClayNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 154 x 227 x 18Cover type: Paperbac...

Publisher: Encounter Books, USAAuthor(s): Wilfred M. McClayNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 153 x 229 x 19Cover type: Paperbac...

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Reducere. A twenty-five-year veteran of field research in Niger and Mali, anthropologist Susan J. Rasmussen examines the female-dominated practice of herbali...

Considers the misappropriation of African American popular culture through various genres, largely Hip Hop, to argue that while such cultural creat...

The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries saw both the consolidation of American print culture and the establishment of an African American literary ...

Reducere. African Americans have a culture rich in diversity, knowledge, and wisdom. The valuable lessons learned from slavery through the present day will b...

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Reducere. Originally released in 1933, "The Mis-Education of the Negro" continues to resonate today, raising questions that readers are still trying to answe...

Reducere. Welcome to the second edition of Perspectives and Open Access Anthropology We are delighted to bring to you this novel textbook, a collection of ch...

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This collection interrogates the notion of authenticity from an anthropological point of view and considers authenticity in terms of how meaning is...

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