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This book is, in a sense, complementary to the author's Prolegomena
to the Study of Yeats's Poems. Based on the reasonably definitive
Collected Plays (London, 1952; New York, 1953), it essays for each
play a correction of any error in final dating if such error
exists; a full publication record (keyed to a complete
bibliography), followed by a reference to Wade's Bibliography for
every translation there recorded; notations on first production if
the play has had production; a statement of what is known about
dates of composition and revision, and relevant concerns;
resolution-in careful glosses-of conceivable obscurities; reference
to really important critical comment; and pertinent suggestion of
parallel passages. Appendices present notes on uncollected or
unpublished Yeatsian drama and on the many errors of the 1953
American edition of the plays. This comprehensive study will be
valuable to all Yeatsians and students of the Irish Renaissance in
general, as well as anyone seriously concerned with modern drama.
Like its sister Prolegomena, it will be a particular timesaver to
neophytes in Yeatsian scholarship.
"On his own terms, Brandon more than fulfills his promise to
take the reader on the transatlantic journey of the orisha and to
explore the complexities of African memory in the diaspora."
American Historical Review
"He adeptly addresses broader issues, such as power relations
within Caribbean slavery, multiculturalism, and the forms of
religious accommodation to cultural change. In addition, he offers
a fresh and cogent assessment of the production and reproduction of
African beliefs and practices in new contexts. Brandon s exemplary
archival research is supplemented by skillful participant
observation." Choice
The Yoruba religious tradition arose in West Africa, but its
influence has spread beyond Africa to millions of adherents in the
Americas as well. Santeria from Africa to the New World retraces
one path taken by this tradition a path from Africa to Cuba and to
New York City. George Brandon examines the religion s transatlantic
route through Cuban Santeria, Puerto Rican Espiritismo, and Black
Nationalism. In following the historical and anthropological
evolution of the Yoruba religion, Brandon discusses broader
questions of power, multiculturalism, cultural change, and the
production and reproduction of African retentions."
An important work in the field of diaspora studies for the past
decade, this collection has inspired scholars and others to explore
a trail blazed originally by Melville J. Herskovits, the father of
New World African studies. Since its original publication, the
field has changed considerably. Africanism has been explored in its
broader dimensions, particularly in the area of white Africanisms.
Thus, the new edition has been revised and expanded. Joseph E.
Holloway has written three essays for the new volume. The first
uses a transnational framework to examine how African cultural
survivals have changed over time and readapted to diasporic
conditions while experiencing slavery, forced labor, and racial
discrimination. The second essay is "Africanisms in African
American Names in the United States." The third reconstructs Gullah
history, citing numerous Africanisms not previously identified by
others. In addition, "The African Heritage of White America" by
John Phillips has been revised to take note of many more instances
of African cultural survivals in white America and to present a new
synthesis of approaches.
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