9780195305685-019530568X-Black Culture and Black Consciousness: Afro-American Folk Thought from Slavery to Freedom

Black Culture and Black Consciousness: Afro-American Folk Thought from Slavery to Freedom

ISBN-13: 9780195305685
ISBN-10: 019530568X
Edition: 30th anniversary
Author: the late Lawrence W. Levine
Publication date: 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback 522 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780195305685
ISBN-10: 019530568X
Edition: 30th anniversary
Author: the late Lawrence W. Levine
Publication date: 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback 522 pages

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Black Culture and Black Consciousness: Afro-American Folk Thought from Slavery to Freedom (ISBN-13: 9780195305685 and ISBN-10: 019530568X), written by authors the late Lawrence W. Levine, was published by Oxford University Press in 2007. With an overall rating of 4.1 stars, it's a notable title among other Civil War (United States History, Folklore & Mythology, Social Sciences, Cultural, Anthropology, Americas History) books. You can easily purchase or rent Black Culture and Black Consciousness: Afro-American Folk Thought from Slavery to Freedom (Paperback, Used) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Civil War books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.48.

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When Black Culture and Black Consciousness first appeared thirty years ago, it marked a revolution in our understanding of African American history. Contrary to prevailing ideas at the time, which held that African culture disappeared quickly under slavery and that black Americans had little group pride, history, or cohesiveness, Levine uncovered a cultural treasure trove, illuminating a rich and complex African American oral tradition, including songs, proverbs, jokes, folktales, and long narrative poems called toasts--work that dated from before and after emancipation. The fact that these ideas and sources seem so commonplace now is in large part due this book and the scholarship that followed in its wake. A landmark work that was part of the "cultural turn" in American history, Black Culture and Black Consciousness profoundly influenced an entire generation of historians and continues to be read and taught. For this anniversary reissue, Levine wrote a new preface reflecting on the writing of the book and its place within intellectual trends in African American and American cultural history.

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