The SAGE Encyclopedia of African Cultural Heritage in North America

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Ethnic Studies
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Author: ISBN: 9781506331690
Publisher: SAGE Publications Publication: July 13, 2015
Imprint: SAGE Publications, Inc Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9781506331690
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Publication: July 13, 2015
Imprint: SAGE Publications, Inc
Language: English

The *Encyclopedia of African Cultural Heritage in North America *provides an accessible ready reference on the retention and continuity of African culture within the United States.  Our conceptual framework holds, first, that culture is a form of self-knowledge and knowledge about self in the world as transmitted from one person to another.  Second, that African people continuously create their own cultural history as they move through time and space.  Third, that African descended people living outside of Africa are also contributors to and participate in the creation of African cultural history.  Entries focus on illuminating Africanisms (cultural retentions traceable to an African origin) and cultural continuities (ongoing practices and processes through which African culture continues to be created and formed).  Thus, the focus is more culturally specific and less concerned with the broader transatlantic demographic, political and geographic issues that are the focus of similar recent reference works. We also focus less on biographies of individuals and political and economic ties and more on processes and manifestations of African cultural heritage and continuity.

FEATURES:

  • A two-volume A-to-Z work, available in a choice of print or electronic formats
  • 350 signed entries, each concluding with Cross-references and Further Readings
  • 150 figures and photos
  • Front matter consisting of an Introduction and a Reader’s Guide organizing entries thematically to more easily guide users to related entries
  • Signed articles concluding with cross-references
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The *Encyclopedia of African Cultural Heritage in North America *provides an accessible ready reference on the retention and continuity of African culture within the United States.  Our conceptual framework holds, first, that culture is a form of self-knowledge and knowledge about self in the world as transmitted from one person to another.  Second, that African people continuously create their own cultural history as they move through time and space.  Third, that African descended people living outside of Africa are also contributors to and participate in the creation of African cultural history.  Entries focus on illuminating Africanisms (cultural retentions traceable to an African origin) and cultural continuities (ongoing practices and processes through which African culture continues to be created and formed).  Thus, the focus is more culturally specific and less concerned with the broader transatlantic demographic, political and geographic issues that are the focus of similar recent reference works. We also focus less on biographies of individuals and political and economic ties and more on processes and manifestations of African cultural heritage and continuity.

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