After freedom : a cultural study in the Deep South / Hortense Powdermaker ; with an introductory essay, Hortense Powdermaker in the Deep South, by Brackette F. Williams and Drexel G. Woodson.
Originally published: New York : Atheneum, 1939. Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-380) and index. Originally published: New York : Atheneum, 1939.
Contents:
The social scene -- Background and setting -- Social contours: the Whites -- White attitudes toward the Negro -- Social mechanisms expressing White attitudes -- Social contours: the Negroes -- Economic considerations -- The Negro on the plantation -- The Negro in town -- Cohesion and conflicts in the Negro family -- Family patterns and variants -- The color line -- Children -- Religion and superstition -- The Negro church, yesterday and today -- "Getting religion" -- The secular role of the church -- Lagging beliefs -- Education -- Education as a faith -- The Negro's response to the situation -- Attitudes toward white people -- A group in process of acculturation -- Questionnaire on White attitudes toward the Negro -- Cotton prices, 1890-1933 -- Sermon: "The poor-rich and the rich-poor" -- Homicides in Mississippi -- Excerpts from Hohman's Pow-wows on arts and remedies.
Summary:
"The first complete ethnography of an African American community in the United States. Hortense Powdermaker's goal was to use anthropological methods to give insight into U.S. society. She considered race relations to be one of the most pressing social problems of her day, and she hoped that her owrk would prove valuable to those in a position to promote change."-- Back cover.
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