Book
Drylongso: a self-portrait of Black America
Vintage Books • New York • Published In 1981 • Pages:
By: Gwaltney, John Langston.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book is a 'self-portrait' of American Black culture, consisting of narratives of ordinary, or 'drylongso,' Black people. The fieldwork was conducted in the early 1970's in a number of cities in the Northeast. The theme of the interviews seems to have been attitudes toward Whites. HRAF analysis of personal narratives interferes with their continuity and thus with their personal quality. Researchers are advised to read this book in its entirety to achieve that continuity and personal quality.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Life history materials
- Cultural identity and pride
- Family relationships
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Informants
- Sexuality
- Status of children
- Invalidism
- Ethnosociology
- Ethnopsychology
- Alcoholism and drug addiction
- Poverty
- Theological systems
- Labor supply and employment
- Techniques of socialization
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- African Americans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnographer
- Indigenous Person
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Marlene Martin ; 1986
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1970-1981
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- [edited by] John Langston Gwaltney
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 80006146
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- African Americans