Join Us For a Book Signing & Presentation
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Saturday * 23rd * November * 2013
AfriWare Bookstore
1701 S. 1st Ave., Suite 503
Maywood, IL 60153
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Anthropologist, student of Dr. Jacob Carruthers...
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Dr. Antoinette Jackson
Professor of Anthropology, University of South Florida
When
3:00PM - 5:00PM Saturday *November 23, 2013*
Where AfriWAre Bookstore 1701 S. 1st Ave., Suite 503 Maywood, IL 60153
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Focusing on the agency of enslaved Africans and their descendants in the South, this work argues for the systematic unveiling and recovery of subjugated knowledge, histories, and cultural practices of those traditionally silenced and overlooked by national heritage projects and national public memories. Jackson uses both ethnographic and ethnohistorical data to show the various ways African Americans actively created and maintained their own heritage and cultural formations. Viewed through the lens of four distinctive plantation sites-including the one on which that the ancestors of First Lady Michelle Obama lived-everyday acts of living, learning, and surviving profoundly challenge the way American heritage has been constructed and represented. A fascinating, critical view of the ways culture, history, social policy, and identity influence heritage sites and the business of heritage research management in public spaces.
Come and celebrate someone who has made a great contribution to the preservation of our heritage! Purchase your books through AfriWare at the book signing and receive priority position in line for Dr. Jackson's autograph.
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