Description
The moral mission archaeology set in motion by black activists in the 1960s and 1970s sought to tell the story of Americans, particularly African Americans, forgotten by the written record. Today, the archaeological study of African-American life is no longer simply an effort to capture unrecorded aspects of black history or to exhume the heritage of a neglected community. Archaeologists now recognize that one cannot fully comprehend the European colonial experience in the Americas without understanding its African counterpart.
This collection of essays reflects and extends the broad spectrum of scholarship arising from this expanded definition of African-American archaeology, treating such issues as the analysis and representation of cultural identity, race, gender, and class; cultural interaction and change; relations of power and domination; and the sociopolitics of archaeological practice. "I, Too, Am America" expands African-American archaeology into an inclusive historical vision and identifies promising areas for future study.
Author: Theresa a. Singleton
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: 08/29/1999
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.21lbs
Size: 9.13h x 5.96w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9780813918433
ISBN10: 081391843X
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | African American & Black Studies
- Social Science | Archaeology
About the Author
Theresa A. Singleton is Curator in Historical Archaeology at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, and Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology, Syracuse University. She is the editor of The Archaeology of Slavery and Plantation Life, and has written numerous articles on African American archaeology.
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