Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art

by Rosengarten, Dale; Rosengarten, Theodore; Schildkrout, Enid; Carney, Judith A. (CON); Harris, Jessica B. (CON); Klopper, Sandra (CON)

• ISBN13: 9780945802501
• ISBN10: 0945802501
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-09-30
• Publisher: Univ of Washington Pr

Summary

"Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art accompanies an exhibition of the same name produced by the Museum for African Art in New-York. The Museum is dedicated to increasing public understanding and appreciation of African art and culture and is recognized worldwide as the foremost organizer of exhibitions and publisher of books devoted to historical and contemporary African art. Since its founding in 1984, the Museum has produced over fifty acclaimed exhibitions and catalogues examining Africa's rich artistic and cultural heritage."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 7
Acknowledgments	p. 8
Introduction	p. 12
African Origins: Ancestors and Analogues	p. 20
They Understand Their Business Well: West Africans in Early South Carolina	p. 78
Rice in the New World	p. 94
By the Rivers of Babylon: The Lowcountry Basket in Slavery and Freedom	p. 104
Carolina's Gold: Three Hundred Years of Rice and Recipes in Lowcountry Kitchens	p. 122
Missions and Markets: Sea Island Basketry and the Sweetgrass Revolution	p. 128
Necessity and Invention: The Art of Coiled Basketry in Southern Africa	p. 172
Documentary Images and Devotional Acts: Plantation Painting as Propaganda	p. 204
The Paradox of Preservation: Gullah Language, Culture, and Imagery	p. 216
Islands are Not Isolated: Reconsidering the Roots of Gullah Distinctiveness	p. 232
Endnotes	p. 245
Board and Staff	p. 264
Donors	p. 265
Lenders	p. 268
Photo Credits	p. 269
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