The Myth of the Negro Past

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The Myth of the Negro Past is a pioneering 1941 anthropological study by Melville J. Herskovits that challenged prevailing racist assumptions by documenting the enduring African cultural heritage among African Americans.

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instanceOf anthropological study ⓘ
book ⓘ
nonfiction book ⓘ
arguesAgainst racist assumptions about African Americans ⓘ
the belief that slavery destroyed African culture ⓘ
the idea that African Americans lack a cultural past ⓘ
author Melville J. Herskovits ⓘ
challenges biological determinism in race theories ⓘ
cultural deficit theories about African Americans ⓘ
countryOfPublication United States ⓘ
discipline anthropology ⓘ
focusesOn African cultural heritage among African Americans ⓘ
family structure among African Americans ⓘ
folklore among African Americans ⓘ
music among African Americans ⓘ
religion among African Americans ⓘ
retention of African customs in the New World ⓘ
social organization among African Americans ⓘ
hasImpactOn debates about cultural retention vs. assimilation ⓘ
understanding of syncretic religious practices in the African diaspora ⓘ
hasReputation classic text in African American cultural history ⓘ
pioneering work in African diaspora studies ⓘ
influenced African American studies ⓘ
Black studies ⓘ
later scholarship on African cultural survivals ⓘ
influencedBy Boasian anthropology ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject African American culture ⓘ
African cultural survivals in the Americas ⓘ
African diaspora ⓘ
race and culture ⓘ
methodology comparative study of African and African American cultures ⓘ
ethnographic research ⓘ
historical analysis ⓘ
publicationYear 1941 ⓘ
publisher Franz Boas’s intellectual circle (context of production) ⓘ
relatedConcept Africanisms in American culture ⓘ
cultural continuity ⓘ
cultural relativism ⓘ
relatedWork Life in a Haitian Valley ⓘ
subdiscipline African diaspora studies ⓘ
cultural anthropology ⓘ
supportsClaim African Americans maintained cultural continuity with Africa ⓘ
African cultural patterns persisted in the Americas ⓘ
timePeriodCovered Atlantic slave trade era ⓘ
post-emancipation United States ⓘ

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