Title:
Kwanzaa : black power and the making of the African-American holiday tradition / Keith A. Mayes.
Author:
Mayes, Keith A., 1967-
Publication Information:
New York : Routledge, 2009.
Call Number:
GT4403 .M39 2009
Abstract:
Kwanzaa: Black Power and the Making of the African-American Holiday Tradition explores the political beginning and later expansion of Kwanzaa, from its start as a Black Power holiday, to its current place as one of the most mainstream of the black holiday traditions."--Back cover.
Electronic Access:
Table of contents http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=017709635&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIABook review (H-Net) http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=29595
ISBN:
9780415998543
9780415998550
9780203874868
Physical Description:
xxiv, 288 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents:
Black protest calendar and the African-American holiday tradition -- Maulana Karenga, the US organization, and the making of Kwanzaa -- Kwanzaa, cultural nationalism, and the promotion of a Black Power holiday -- Holiday marketing, multiculturalism, and the mainstreaming of Kwanzaa -- Black holidays and American calendar legitimacy.
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