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Rescuing Our Roots

Author : Andrea J. Queeley
Publisher : University Press of Florida
ISBN 13 : 0813063086
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Rescuing Our Roots written by Andrea J. Queeley and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2017-05-16 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Contributes new perspectives on historical black identity formation and contemporary activism in Cuba."--Choice "Provides invaluable insight into the histories and lives of Cubans who trace their origins to the Anglo-Caribbean."--Robert Whitney, author of State and Revolution in Cuba: Mass Mobilization and Political Change, 1920-1940 "Adds a missing piece to the existing literature about the renewal of black activism in Cuba, all the while showing the links and fractures between pre- and post-1959 society."--Devyn Spence Benson, Davidson College In the early twentieth century, laborers from the British West Indies immigrated to Cuba, attracted by employment opportunities. The Anglo-Caribbean communities flourished, but after 1959, many of their cultural institutions were dismantled: the revolution dictated that in the name of unity there would be no hyphenated Cubans. This book turns an ethnographic lens on their descendants who--during the Special Period in the 1990s--moved to "rescue their roots" by revitalizing their ethnic associations and reestablishing ties outside the island. Based on Andrea J. Queeley's fieldwork in Santiago and Guantánamo, Rescuing Our Roots looks at local and regional identity formations as well as racial politics in revolutionary Cuba. Queeley argues that, as the island experienced a resurgence in racism due in part to the emergence of the dual economy and the reliance on tourism, Anglo-Caribbean Cubans revitalized their communities and sought transnational connections not just in the hope of material support but also to challenge the association between blackness, inferiority, and immorality. Their desire for social mobility, political engagement, and a better economic situation operated alongside the fight for black respectability. Unlike most studies of black Cubans, which focus on Afro-Cuban religion or popular culture, Queeley's penetrating investigation offers a view of strategies and modes of black belonging that transcend ideological, temporal, and spatial boundaries. A volume in the series Contemporary Cuba, edited by John M. Kirk

Preserving Our Roots

Author : John Coykendall
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807170364
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Preserving Our Roots written by John Coykendall and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2019-10-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over four decades, John Coykendall’s passion has been preserving the farm heritage of a small community in rural southeastern Louisiana. A Tennessee native and longtime master gardener at Blackberry Farm, Coykendall has become a celebrity in a growing movement that places a premium on farm-to-table cuisine with locally sourced, organic, and heirloom foods and flavors. While his work takes him around the world searching for seeds and the cultural knowledge of how to grow them, what inspires him most is his annual pilgrimage to Louisiana. Drawn to the Washington Parish area as a college student, Coykendall forged long-lasting friendships with local farmers and gardeners. Over the decades, he has recorded oral histories, recipes, tall tales, agricultural knowledge, and wisdom from generations past in more than eighty illustrated and handwritten journals. At the same time, he has unearthed and safeguarded rare varieties of food crops once grown in the area, then handed them back to the community. In Preserving Our Roots: My Journey to Save Seeds and Stories, Coykendall shares a wealth of materials collected in his journals, ensuring they are passed on to future generations. Organized by season, the book offers a narrative chronicle of Coykendall’s visits to Washington Parish since 1973. He highlights staple crops, agricultural practices, and favorite recipes from the families and friends who have hosted him. Accompanied by a rich selection of drawings, journal pages, and photographs—along with over forty recipes—Preserving Our Roots chronicles Coykendall’s passion for recording foods and narratives that capture the rhythms of daily life on farms, in kitchens, and across generations.

The African American Family's Guide to Tracing Our Roots

Author : Roland C. Barksdale-Hall
Publisher : Amber Books Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0974977977
Total Pages : 1 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (749 download)

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Download or read book The African American Family's Guide to Tracing Our Roots written by Roland C. Barksdale-Hall and published by Amber Books Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers advice to African Americans who wish to rethink past events, explore vital health matters, and better understand their cultural and historical identities.

Our Roots Run Deep as Ironweed

Author : Shannon Elizabeth Bell
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252095219
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Our Roots Run Deep as Ironweed written by Shannon Elizabeth Bell and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2013-10-30 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Motivated by a deeply rooted sense of place and community, Appalachian women have long fought against the damaging effects of industrialization. In this collection of interviews, sociologist Shannon Elizabeth Bell presents the voices of twelve Central Appalachian women, environmental justice activists fighting against mountaintop removal mining and its devastating effects on public health, regional ecology, and community well-being. Each woman narrates her own personal story of injustice and tells how that experience led her to activism. The interviews--many of them illustrated by the women's "photostories"--describe obstacles, losses, and tragedies. But they also tell of new communities and personal transformations catalyzed through activism. Bell supplements each narrative with careful notes that aid the reader while amplifying the power and flow of the activists' stories. Bell's analysis outlines the relationship between Appalachian women's activism and the gendered responsibilities they feel within their families and communities. Ultimately, Bell argues that these women draw upon a broader "protector identity" that both encompasses and extends the identity of motherhood that has often been associated with grassroots women's activism. As protectors, the women challenge dominant Appalachian gender expectations and guard not only their families but also their homeplaces, their communities, their heritage, and the endangered mountains that surround them. 30% of the proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to organizations fighting for environmental justice in Central Appalachia.

In Search of Our Roots

Author : Henry Louis Gates (Jr.)
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0307382400
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book In Search of Our Roots written by Henry Louis Gates (Jr.) and published by Crown. This book was released on 2009 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The distinguished scholar examines the origins and history of African-American ancestry as he profiles nineteen noted African Americans and illuminates their individual family sagas throughout U.S. history.

Finding Your Roots, Season 2

Author : Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469626195
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book Finding Your Roots, Season 2 written by Henry Louis Gates Jr. and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2016-01-28 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who are we, and where do we come from? The fundamental drive to answer these questions is at the heart of Finding Your Roots, the companion book to the hit PBS documentary series. As scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. clearly demonstrates, the tools of cutting-edge genomics and deep genealogical research now allow us to learn more about our roots and look further back in time than ever before. In the second season, Gates's investigation takes on the personal and genealogical histories of more than twenty luminaries, including Ken Burns, Stephen King, Derek Jeter, Governor Deval Patrick, Valerie Jarrett, and Sally Field. As Gates interlaces these moving stories of immigration, assimilation, strife, and success, he provides practical information for amateur genealogists just beginning archival research on their own families' roots and details the advances in genetic research now available to the public. The result is an illuminating exploration of who we are, how we lost track of our roots, and how we can find them again.

Roots of Our Renewal

Author : Clint Carroll
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 1452944539
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (529 download)

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Download or read book Roots of Our Renewal written by Clint Carroll and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2015-05-30 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Honorable Mention: Labriola Center American Indian National Book Award In Roots of Our Renewal, Clint Carroll tells how Cherokee people have developed material, spiritual, and political ties with the lands they have inhabited since removal from their homelands in the southeastern United States. Although the forced relocation of the late 1830s had devastating consequences for Cherokee society, Carroll shows that the reconstituted Cherokee Nation west of the Mississippi eventually cultivated a special connection to the new land—a connection that is reflected in its management of natural resources. Until now, scant attention has been paid to the interplay between tribal natural resource management programs and governance models. Carroll is particularly interested in indigenous environmental governance along the continuum of resource-based and relationship-based practices and relates how the Cherokee Nation, while protecting tribal lands, is also incorporating associations with the nonhuman world. Carroll describes how the work of an elders’ advisory group has been instrumental to this goal since its formation in 2008. An enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation, Carroll draws from his ethnographic observations of Cherokee government–community partnerships during the past ten years. He argues that indigenous appropriations of modern state forms can articulate alternative ways of interacting with and “governing” the environment.

Discovering Our Roots

Author : Crawford Leonard Allen
Publisher : Abilene Christian University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780891120063
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Discovering Our Roots written by Crawford Leonard Allen and published by Abilene Christian University Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This rich and challenging book explores the roots or ancestry of the Churches of Christ and others who stand as heirs to the Stone-Campbell movement of the early nineteenth century. It asks, Where did we come from? How did we get this way? Why do we read the Bible the way we do? What has been the heart of our movement? And it asks further, What can we learn from those who have viewed restoration of apostolic Christianity in ways quite different from our own? The authors begin their story in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries - the age of Renaissance and Reformation. They isolate the stream of restorationist thought that arose in that age and then follow that stream through the Puritans, the early Baptists in America, the frenzy of pure beginnings in the early decades of American nationhood, and down to the Stone-Campbell movement.

Music of Our Roots

Author : Rollo (CRT) Dilworth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781495074028
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Music of Our Roots written by Rollo (CRT) Dilworth and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Music Express Books). Experience the songs of our heritage with the music that makes our country unique. Learn the background of each song, a flexible teaching sequence, and how to adapt each song for any grade level. These cross-curricular classroom songs will also translate easily to a concert presentation for school assemblies or community engagement. The collection includes piano/vocal arrangements and reproducible singer songsheets. Accompany your singers live with simple piano parts, or use quality performance/accompaniment MP3 recordings available via audio access in the Performance Kit. Songs include: I've Been Working on the Railroad, I've Got Peace Like a River, My Country 'Tis of Thee, Nine Hundred Miles, Old Joe Clark, Ramblin' Blues, and more! Suggested for grades 3-6.

Your Roots Are Showing

Author : Elise Chidley
Publisher : 5 Spot
ISBN 13 : 0446543071
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (465 download)

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Download or read book Your Roots Are Showing written by Elise Chidley and published by 5 Spot. This book was released on 2008-10-29 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gorgeous debut romantic comedy about marriage, mistakes, and moving forward. Lizzie Buckley has a life many women dream of - a gorgeous husband, a beautiful home and darling (when they're not fighting) three-year-old twins. But ever since the birth of her children, she's had a fantasy about locking herself in her bedroom for twenty-four hours with a good book and a box of chocolates. Unfortunately, her husband James doesn't understand her feelings. And when Lizzie unburdens herself in a flaming email to her sister Janie, then hits send at the wrong moment and accidentally shoots it off to James instead, her fairytale life gets a big dose of reality. With the word "divorce" ringing in her ears, Lizzie finds herself moving out and embarking on a totally different life -- working hard to reinvent herself as a runner, a gardener, and a writer of children's books. But despite transforming her body, her neglected career, and her libido (courtesy of the local landscape gardener), Lizzie can't get over her soon-to-be ex. As Lizzie discovers, sometimes the fairytale ending is just the beginning of the real story.

Genesis

Author : Ruth Beechick
Publisher : Arrow Press
ISBN 13 : 9780940319110
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (191 download)

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Download or read book Genesis written by Ruth Beechick and published by Arrow Press. This book was released on 1997-06-01 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read evidence here that the writings in Genesis are more ancient than historians admit. Moreover, the Sumerians and other early peoples left us documents that corroborate the Genesis history.

Reckoning With Our Roots

Author : Joan Therese Wynne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781524977757
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (777 download)

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Download or read book Reckoning With Our Roots written by Joan Therese Wynne and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Color Our Roots

Author : Kirby Araullo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781678059880
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (598 download)

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Download or read book Color Our Roots written by Kirby Araullo and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-17 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first edition of "Color Our Roots" features dozens of characters based on the Ancient Luzones, the ancestors of today's Kapampangan and Tagalog-speaking people. This first edition also includes valuable information about the social structure of precolonial Luzon in what is now the Philippines. Hopefully this "Know Our Roots" and "Color Our Roots" series will help many others in their path to decolonize and reconnect deeper with our roots. I hope you enjoy these as much as I did creating them. Dacal pung salámat!

Cultivating Our Roots

Author : Nora Stewart
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780981144207
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (442 download)

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Download or read book Cultivating Our Roots written by Nora Stewart and published by . This book was released on 2009-03 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Our Roots Are Deep with Passion

Author : Lee Gutkind
Publisher : Other Press, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1590517741
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Our Roots Are Deep with Passion written by Lee Gutkind and published by Other Press, LLC. This book was released on 2015-05-12 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thoughtful, poignant, and hilarious personal essays collected by the editors of Creative Nonfiction explore the meanings of Italian-American identity. In the twenty-one nonfiction narratives collected in Our Roots Are Deep with Passion, established and emerging writers with family ties to Italy reflect on the ways that their lives have been accented with uniquely Italian-American flavors. Several of the essays breathe new life into the time-honored theme of family—Louise DeSalvo honors her grandfather, nick-named “the drunk” because he spent his life of hard work drinking wine instead of water, and James Vescovi portrays the close of the stormy relationship between his father and grandmother. Other stories tackle the mystical side of Italian-American life, like Laura Valeri’s account of a summer vacation séance in Sardinia that goes eerily awry. And elsewhere, Stephanie Susnjara charts the history of garlic in society and her kitchen, and Gina Barreca offers an unabashed confession of congenital jealousy. Lee Gutkind, founding editor of Creative Nonfiction, the nation’s premier nonfiction prose literary journal, and Joanna Clapps Herman have brought together artful essays by novelists, scholars, critics, and memoirists from across the country. The pieces are as varied as their authors, but all explore the unique intersections of language, tradition, cuisine, and culture that characterize the diverse experience of Americans of Italian heritage.

Working the Roots

Author : Michele Elizabeth Lee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692857878
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (578 download)

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Download or read book Working the Roots written by Michele Elizabeth Lee and published by . This book was released on 2017-12-15 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Working The Roots: Over 400 Years of Traditional African American Healing" is an engaging study of the traditional healing arts that have sustained African Americans across the Atlantic ocean for four centuries down through today. Complete with photographs and illustrations, a medicines, remedies, and hoodoo section, interviews and stories.

Hey, America, Your Roots are Showing

Author : Megan Smolenyak
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780806534466
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (344 download)

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Download or read book Hey, America, Your Roots are Showing written by Megan Smolenyak and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A noted genealogist reveals what it is like to be a history detective using twenty-first-century techniques and technology, and discusses some of the cases she has solved, including the families of celebrities and work for the Army and the FBI.