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    4. Birth of African-American Culture: An Anthropological Perspective

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Mintz,Sidney W. (Author) and Price,Richard (Author)
    Format:
    Monograph
    Publication Date:
    1992
    Published:
    Boston: Beacon Press
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Notes:
    121 p, 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; 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 ; no. 2)

    9. The birth of African-American culture: an anthropological perspective

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Mintz,Sidney Wilfred (Author) and Price,Richard (Author)
    Format:
    Book, Whole
    Publication Date:
    1992
    Published:
    Boston: Beacon Press
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Notes:
    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; no. 2)., 121 p., Exploring the cultural ties between Africans and African Americans, the authors argue that there was no single culture that enslaved Africans transported intact to the Americas. They suggest rather that enslaved Africans from many societies began to forge out of common understandings and shared crises a new culture with distinct institutions, religious beliefs, and kinship roles even during the nightmare of the middle passage.