Ethnicity

Ethnicity

by Ray, R. Celeste

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Moving beyond racial designations of ""black,"" ""white,"" and ""Indian,"" this volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture complicates and enriches our understanding of ""southernness"" by demonstrating the extent to which it exists as a fabric of many cultures. This exploration of southern ethnicities examines the ways people ""perform"" their cultural identities through, among other things, dress, dance, and family tradition. Contributors identify 88 major ethnic groups that have live…

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  • Full title :Ethnicity / Celeste Ray, volume editor.

Summary

Moving beyond racial designations of ""black,"" ""white,"" and ""Indian,"" this volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture complicates and enriches our understanding of ""southernness"" by demonstrating the extent to which it exists as a fabric of many cultures. This exploration of southern ethnicities examines the ways people ""perform"" their cultural identities through, among other things, dress, dance, and family tradition. Contributors identify 88 major ethnic groups that have lived in the South from the Mississippian Period (1000-1600 C.E.) to the present.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2007.

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Notes

"Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi."

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xviii, 276 pages) : : illustrations, maps.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781469616599, 1469616599, 0807858234, 9780807858233, 9781469616582, 1469616580
  • oclc:ocn899261102
  • LC Classification:F209
  • Dewey Decimal:975.003

Table of Contents

American Indians -- Europeans -- Historic African ethnicities -- Latinos -- South and East Asian ethnicities -- Southern Appalachia and mountain people -- Southerners -- Afro-Cubans -- Alabama-Coushattas -- Appalachian African Americans -- Barbadians -- Black Seminoles -- Brass Ankles/Redbones -- Caddos -- Cajuns -- Cambodians -- Canary Islanders (Isleños) -- Catawbas -- Cherokees, Eastern Band -- Cherokees, prior to removal -- Chickasaws -- Chickasaws in the 20th century -- Chinese -- Chitimachas -- Choctaws -- Coharies -- Conchs -- Coonasses -- Coushattas -- Creoles -- Cubans -- Czechs -- English -- French -- Germans -- Greeks -- Guatemalan Mayans -- Gullahs -- Haitians -- Haliwa-Saponis -- Hmong -- Houmas -- Huguenots -- Hungarians of the Livingston Parish, Louisiana -- Igbos -- Indians (East) -- Irish, contemporary -- Irish, historic -- Italians -- Jena Band Choctaws -- Jews -- Jews, Sephardic -- Kickapoos -- Koreans -- Lumbees -- Meherrins -- Melungeons -- Mestizos -- Mexicans -- Minorcans -- Monacans -- Moravians -- Mowa Choctaws -- Muskogees (Creeks) -- Natchez -- Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Indians -- Ozarkers -- Poarch Creeks -- Powhatans -- Puerto Ricans -- Quapaws -- …

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Subjects

Encyclopedias États-Unis (Sud) -- Encyclopédies. -- R… Ethnic relations Ethnicité -- Encyclopédies. -- États-Un… Ethnicity Ethnicity -- Encyclopedias. -- Southern… Ethnologie -- Encyclopédies. -- États-U… Ethnology Ethnology -- Encyclopedias. -- Southern… HISTORY -- State & Local -- United Stat… Southern States Southern States -- Encyclopedias. -- Et…

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Ray, R. Celeste

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