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Grass Roots - African Origins of an American Art (Paperback)
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Grass Roots - African Origins of an American Art (Paperback)
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Through the prism of America's most enduring African-inspired art
form, the Lowcountry basket, Grass Roots guides readers across 300
years of American and African history. In scholarly essays and
beautiful photographs, Grass Roots follows the coiled basket along
its transformation on two continents from a simple farm tool once
used for processing grain to a work of art and a central symbol of
African and African American identity. Featuring images of the
stunning work of contemporary basket makers from South Carolina to
South Africa, as well as historic photographs that document the
artistic heritage of the southern United States, Grass Roots
appears at a moment when public recognition of the Gullah/Geechee
heritage is encouraging a reexamination of Africa's contribution to
American civilization. Working with basket makers from Charleston
and Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, historian Dale Rosengarten has
been studying African-American baskets for over 20 years and brings
her research up-to-date with interviews of artists and the results
of recent historical inquiry. Anthropologist Enid Schildkrout draws
on her research in West Africa and museum collections around the
world to explore the African antecedents of Lowcountry basketry.
Geographer Judith A. Carney discusses the origins of rice in Africa
and reveals how enslaved Africans brought to America not only rice
seeds but, just as important, the technical know-how that turned
southern coastal forests and swamps into incredibly profitable rice
plantations. Historian Peter H. Wood discusses the many skills that
enslaved Africans contributed to the settlement of the Old South
and at the same time used to resist the conditions of their
servitude. John Michael Vlach, a leading authority on African
American folk art, discusses the history of visual depictions of
plantation life. Fath Davis Ruffins, a specialist on the imagery of
popular culture, sheds light on the history embedded in old
photographs of African Americans in the Charleston area. Cultural
historian Jessica B. Harris explores the tradition of rice in
American cooking and the enduring African influences in the
southern kitchen. Anthropologist and art historian Sandra Klopper
sketches the history of coiled basketry in South Africa,
illuminating its evolution from utilitarian craft to fine art,
parallel to developments in America. Anthropologist J. Lorand
Matory traces the changing meanings of Gullah/Geechee identity and
discusses its appearance as a significant force on the American
cultural scene today. Dale Rosengarten is curator of special
collections at the College of Charleston library. Theodore
Rosengarten teaches history at the College of Charlestona and
University of South Carolina. Enid Schildkrout is chief curator and
director of exhibitions and publications at the Museum for African
Art, New York.
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