Gullah Culture in America （2ND）

Crawford, Eric/ Cross, Wilbur/ Campbell, Emory Shaw (INT)

John F Blair Publisher（2023/04発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 295 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781949467963
• DDC分類 305.896073075799

Full Description

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.

Contents

Foreword by Emory Shaw CampbellAcknowledgments

Welcome Home!
Catching the Learning
The Penn School
Growing Up Gullah
Hallelujah!
Healing and Folk Medicine
Gullah Language
Geography
Gullah Food
Festivals and Celebrations
Music, Song, and Dance
Roots

Notes

Bibliography

Index