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Identifying roots : Alex Haley and the anthropology of scriptures

Title
Identifying roots : Alex Haley and the anthropology of scriptures / Richard W. Newton, Jr.
Author
Newton, Richard, 1983-
Publication
  • Sheffield, UK ; Bristol, CT : Equinox Publishing Ltd, 2020.
  • ©2020

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Description
viii, 313 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
"This volume presents a cultural history of Alex Haley's Roots as a case study in 'operational acts of identification.' It examines the strategy and tactics Haley employed in developing a family origin story into an acclaimed national history. Where cultural studies scholars have critiqued notions of sacrosanct 'rootedness,' this book shows the fruit of critically identifying those claims. It reframes the concept of 'roots' as a theoretical vocabulary and grammar for the anthropology of scriptures - a way of parsing the cultural texts that seem to read us back."--
Series Statement
Culture on the edge : Studies in identity formation
Uniform Title
Culture on the edge: studies in identity formation.
Alternative Title
Alex Haley and the anthropology of scriptures
Subject
  • Haley, Alex
  • Roots (Television program : 1977)
  • Roots (Haley, Alex)
  • African Americans > Race identity
  • Place attachment > Social aspects > United States
  • Roots (Botany) in literature
  • Slavery in mass media
  • Race relations > Philosophy
  • United States > Race relations > Philosophy
  • United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Call Number
Sc D 21-333
ISBN
  • 9781781795460
  • 1781795460
LCCN
2020000140
OCLC
1134852752
Author
Newton, Richard, 1983- author.
Title
Identifying roots : Alex Haley and the anthropology of scriptures / Richard W. Newton, Jr.
Publisher
Sheffield, UK ; Bristol, CT : Equinox Publishing Ltd, 2020.
Copyright Date
©2020
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Culture on the edge : Studies in identity formation
Culture on the edge: studies in identity formation.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Note
AUTH: UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA.
Local Subject
Black author.
Research Call Number
Sc D 21-333
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