Gullah Culture in America
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Gullah Culture in America

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Gullah Culture in America

About this book

A history of the rich culture of the Gullah people–a story of upheaval, endurance, and survival in the Lowcountry of the American South.

Gullah Culture in America chronicles the history and culture of the Gullah people, African Americans who live in the Lowcountry region of the American South. This book, written for the general public, chronicles the arrival of enslaved West Africans to the sea islands of South Carolina and Georgia; the melding of their African cultures, which created distinct creole language, cuisine, traditions, and arts; and the establishment of the Penn School, dedicated to education and support of the Gullah freedmen following the Civil War. 

Original author Wilbur Cross, writing in 2008, describes the ongoing Gullah story: the preservation of the culture sheltered in a rural setting, the continued influence of the Penn School (now called the Penn Center) in preserving and documenting the Gullah Geechee cultures. Today, more than 300,000 Gullah people live in the remote areas of the sea islands of St. Helena, Edisto, Coosay, Ossabaw, Sapelo, Daufuskie, and Cumberland, their way of life endangered by overdevelopment in an increasingly popular tourist destination. 

For the second edition of this popular book, Eric Crawford, Gullah Geechee scholar, has updated the text with new information and a fresh perspective on the Gullah Geechee culture.

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Yes, you can access Gullah Culture in America by Wilbur Cross,Eric Crawford, Dr. Eric Crawford, Eric Crawford in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Scienze sociali & Biografie nell'ambito delle scienze sociali. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Blair
Year
2023
Print ISBN
9781949467963
eBook ISBN
9781949467970
Edition
2
Topic
Scienze sociali
Subtopic
Biografie nell'ambito delle scienze sociali

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword. Going Home: How a Long-Lost Culture Is Rising from Oblivion, by Emory Shaw Campbell
  6. Chapter 1. Welcome Home!
  7. Chapter 2. Catch the Learning
  8. Chapter 3. A Quantum Leap
  9. Chapter 4. Growing Up Gullah
  10. Chapter 5. Hallelujah!
  11. Chapter 6. Healing and Folk Medicine
  12. Chapter 7. The Gullah Language
  13. Chapter 8. Preserving the Corridor
  14. Chapter 9. Gullah Geechee Cuisine
  15. Chapter 10. Gullah Celebrations
  16. Chapter 11. Music, Song, and Dance
  17. Chapter 12. Roots
  18. Acknowledgments
  19. Notes
  20. Bibliography
  21. Index