Expressively Black: The Cultural Basis of Ethnic Identity

by Geneva Gay

Overview

Expressively Black aims to illustrate and illuminate the expressive quality of the life and culture of Afro-Americans. This new volume is a collection of essays exploring the different aspects of the Black cultural experience, and includes chapters on black style, kinship and family ties, communication, leadership, music, religion, soul-mate, art, theatre, physical expressiveness, and cultural continuation. It explicates the principle that Black culture is, fundamentally, and oral and aural culture that can best be seen, felt, understood, and appreciated through telling experiential encounters. This text is designed and written to immerse the reader into the inner dynamics of different dimensions of the culture. Simultaneously, it provides some structural frameworks and conceptual principles for comprehending these dimensions within Black culture as a whole.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275924652
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	10/05/1987
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	398
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

GENEVA GAY is Professor of Education at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.

Table of Contents

Preface by St. Clair Drake
Introduction by Willie L. Baber and Geneva Gay
Expressive Ethos of Afro-American Culture by Geneval Gay
We Are Family: Kinship and Solidarity in the Black Community by Marilyn M. White
Ethnic Identity Development and Black Expressiveness by Geneva Gay
The Artistry and Artifice of Black Communication by Ceola Ross Baber
From Backwoods to City Streets: The Afro-American Musical Jourbaney by Mellonee V. Burbanim and Portial K. Maultsby
Expressive Traditions in Afro-American Visual Arts by Gladstone L. Yearwood
Theatre in Black by Charles Pace
A Film Portrait of Ritual Expression: The Blood of Jesus by Adrienne Lanier-Seward
Ebony Expressions in Poetry
Meet the "Madam Queen": The Expressiveness of Four Black Women by Barbara R. Pyle
Psychocultural Perspectives on Afro-American Leadership Style by Willie L. Baber
Communion of Spirits by Carolyn E. Johnson
Communication and Continuity in the Diaspora: Some Personal Reflections on Cultural Connections by Ewart C. Skinner and Osita Nwokah
Retrospective Visions by Geneva Gay and Willie L. Baber
Index