Book
After freedom: a cultural study in the Deep South
Atheneum • New York • Published In 1968 • Pages: xxi, 408
By: Powdermaker, Hortense.
Abstract
This study, based upon research conducted in the 1930's, views 'a unit of southern American culture in terms of human beings who have inherited a historical situation and whose personalities are being constantly affected by the culture in which they live' (p. xiii). Insofar as the key elements of the 'historical situation' are White racism and discrimination against Blacks, the author seeks to interpret Black and White attitudes toward one another and to evaluate their effects in 'Cottonville,' Mississippi.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2010
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- M. A. Marcus ; 1986
- Field Date
- 1932-1934
- Coverage Date
- 1930-1934
- Coverage Place
- Cottonville (pseudonym for Indianola, Mississippi), United States
- Notes
- Hortense Powdermaker ; with a new preface by Elliott M. Rudwick
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-380)
- LCCN
- 68016415
- LCSH
- African Americans