Twenty-five years after its original publication; Oxford has released a new edition of Sterling Stuckey's ground-breaking study; Slave Culture. A leading cultural historian and authority on slavery; Stuckey explains how different African peoples interacted on the plantations of the South to achieve a common culture. He argues that at the time of emancipation; slaves still remained essentially African in culture; a conclusion that has had profound implications for theories of black liberation and race relations in America.Drawing evidence from the anthropology and art history of Central and West African cultural traditions and exploring the folklore of the American slave; Stuckey reveals an intrinsic Pan-African impulse that contributed to the formation of the black ethos in slavery. He presents fascinating profiles of such nineteenth-century figures as David Walker; Henry Highland Garnet; and Frederick Douglass; as well as detailed examinations into the lives and careers of W.E.B. Du Bois and Paul Robeson in this century.The second edition; which includes a Foreword by historian John Stauffer; will reintroduce Stuckey's masterpiece to a wider audience. Stukey provides a new introduction that looks at the life of the book and the impact it has had on the field of African-American scholarship; as well as how the field has changed in the 25 years since its original publication.
#1542210 in Books Oxford University Press; USA 2012-02-15 2012-02-15Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 6.10 x .90 x 9.20l; 1.04 #File Name: 0199914389336 pages
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26 of 31 people found the following review helpful. A piece of important scholarshipBy J. BadenThis book is an important piece of scholarship and is highly respected within the academy; winning a major theological award. The author is hardly attacking the church; as some idiotic reviews have suggested - she is enlightening our understanding of the rhetoric of early Christian martyrdom texts. Unless you think all scholarship is the work of the devil; and all scholars are the minions of Satan; reading a book is usually helpful before rating and commenting on it.3 of 67 people found the following review helpful. Wrong book titeBy Raymond W. LeungIf she claimed the early Christians are just copying Christ's ideal then how is it based another christ? When a Christian dies while in the service for God in my own opinion he/she qualifies for Martyrhood. My pastor and deacon got shotto dead during a church service and they are considered martyrs. They died while serving the Lord. The gunmen stole from the church and they tried to correct him in private but instead of paying for their good work he choose to kill them instead. This is evil and only can come from the devil.
