Fly Away: The Great African American Cultural Migrations, Rutkoff, Peter M.,Scot
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- Book Title
- Fly Away: The Great African American Cultural Migrations
- ISBN
- 9781421418476
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-10
1421418479
ISBN-13
9781421418476
eBay Product ID (ePID)
211957703
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
432 Pages
Publication Name
Fly Away : the Great African American Cultural Migrations
Language
English
Publication Year
2016
Subject
United States / 20th Century, Emigration & Immigration, Sociology / General, United States / General, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies, African American
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Social Science, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
20.8 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Reviews
Adds considerably to our understanding of this national exodus... The authors, who teach history at Kenyon College, argue that the black migrants preserved many of their West African roots and customs in the move north, just as they had during the Middle Passage from Africa to the Americas. These authors stress the cultural freedom afforded by holding on to a vision of Africa as the homeland. In preserving their African roots, the black migrants could take pride in where they came from and in who they were in their new circumstances., Rutkoff and Scott's book is likely to become a staple in undergraduate courses in African American and American Studies., [A] well-written, thought-provoking book. The authors have created a broad-ranging study that is well worth reading. It provides many new ways of thinking about and interpreting the impact of African American migration both on the migrants and the nation., Fly Away is intended for an academic audience and its footnotes display the depth of the research. However, the authors' engaging style also should appeal to the general reader with an interest in African-American cultural history., Fly Away is intended for an academic audience and its footnotes display the depth of the research. However, the authors' engaging style also should appeal to the general reader with an interest in African-American cultural history., A grand work... An engaging and entertaining volume that ought to be of interest to anyone with a curiosity about African American migration and African American cultural contributions to American culture., As Rutkoff and Scott take the reader to Chicago's Bud Billiken Day or Houston's Juneteenth, August Wilson's Pittsburgh, or Walter Mosley's Los Angeles, 'the flashes of the West African spirit that black rural southerners brought north' are rendered visible.
Dewey Edition
22
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
973/.0496073
Table Of Content
List of Maps and Illustrations Acknowledgments 1. Out of Africa 2. New Africa 3. Negro Capital of the World 4. Mules and Men 5. Blues Pianos and Tricky Baseballs 6. Walkin' Egypt 7. Bronzeville's Pinkster Kings 8. Dixie Special 9. California Dreaming 10. Circle Unbroken Notes Index
Synopsis
The Great Migrationthe mass exodus of blacks from the rural South to the urban North and West in the twentieth century shaped American culture and life in ways still evident today. In Fly Away, Peter M. Rutkoff and William B. Scott trace the ideas that inspired African Americans to abandon the South for freedom and opportunity elsewhere. Black Southerners fled the Low Country of South Carolina, the mines and mills of Birmingham, Alabama, the farms of the Mississippi Delta, and the urban wards of Houston, Texas, for new opportunities in New York, Pittsburgh, Chicago, and Los Angeles. They took with them the Souths rich tradition of religion, language, music, and art, recreating and preserving their Southern identity in the churches, newspapers, jazz clubs, and neighborhoods of Americas largest cities. Rutkoff and Scotts sweeping study explores the development and adaptation of African American culture, from its West African roots to its profound and lasting impact on mainstream America. Broad in scope and original in its interpretation, Fly Away illuminates the origins, development, and transformation of national culture during an important chapter in twentieth-century American history., The Great Migration--the mass exodus of blacks from the rural South to the urban North and West in the twentieth century--shaped American culture and life in ways still evident today. In Fly Away , Peter M. Rutkoff and William B. Scott trace the ideas that inspired African Americans to abandon the South for freedom and opportunity elsewhere. Black southerners fled the Low Country of South Carolina, the mines and mills of Birmingham, Alabama, the farms of the Mississippi Delta, and the urban wards of Houston, Texas, for new opportunities in New York, Pittsburgh, Chicago, and Los Angeles. They took with them the South's rich traditions of religion, language, music, and art, recreating and preserving their southern identity in the churches, newspapers, jazz clubs, and neighborhoods of America's largest cities. Rutkoff and Scott's sweeping study explores the development and adaptation of African American culture, from its West African roots to its profound and lasting impact on mainstream America. Broad in scope and original in its interpretation, Fly Away illuminates the origins, development, and transformation of national culture during an important chapter in twentieth-century American history., The Great Migrationthe mass exodus of blacks from the rural South to the urban North and West in the twentieth century shaped American culture and life in ways still evident today. In Fly Away, Peter M. Rutkoff and William B. Scott trace the ideas that inspired African Americans to abandon the South for freedom and opportunity elsewhere. Black ......
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