Survival of a Folk Culture: The Old Order Amish by Carol Ann Gillespie Texas State University: San Marcos San Marcos‚ Texas A folk culture is a small‚ self-reliant community that is technologically simple and traditional in nature. The term "folk culture" also refers to the artifacts of this community ’s material culture (such as tools‚ clothing‚ and houses) as well as the nonmaterial culture (traditions and institutions). This essay describes how one folk culture -- the
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The Spirituals the slaves performed during enslavement have survived up until this day. They are well known as Blues‚ Gospel‚ Jazz‚ Ragtime‚ and more. Since African Americans followed their traditions so much‚ It was harder for African American slaves to perform Spirituals due to them not being able to own any instruments. Not only did African American Spirituals play a major role in helping slaves with their extreme hardships‚ it also helped shape American music today. Spirituals
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African‚ Native‚ Irish‚ and Mexican Americans all had different experiences in the short history of the United States. As obvious as it may be‚ all of the mentioned groups have had totally different upbringings. Not to mention‚ the culture that each group brought to fruition were completely different too. Ultimately‚ race impacted their social position and economic realities. Each came from the bottom of society‚ but their position was nonetheless fundamentally different. Their relationship to United
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The Tale of the Lazy Giant Surely you’ve heard of a town they call Pinkleton‚ a small town somewhere down der in the south. Now‚ that be a mighty small town but for us northern folk it sure seems like a big city. I know I’m not tha best person to be explain’ng‚ but my momma always sed to make the best of things. A few years back‚ I headed aht to get out of dat city livin for once and I left New Jowsee in order to discover more of that place I call mah country. Der I wos a-praying and a-walking
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synonym associated with it‚ is "language". Furthermore‚ this language is comprised of dialect as well as slang. In regards to the African-American vernacular‚ there is more to it than strictly linguistics. For African-American literature‚ it is not merely about the words‚ but is instead about the moods and motives that drive them. For starters‚ in the category of mood‚ African-American literature is rich. The voices of its authors are not only unique‚ but overflowing with emotion. Specifically‚ "what
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Traditional African Religion Before one starts to outline the traditional religion in Africa‚ one must first explain the way Africa is as a whole. Without the knowledge of the past combined with knowledge of culture‚ one would have a very vague‚ if any‚ understanding of traditional religion. Out of all of the continents‚ Africa is the most central. It is told that the first man was found in Africa‚ so with this‚ many feel that Africa is the birthplace of human culture. Within this continent
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African Cultures Africa has more than 800 languages native to its continent. African cultures are so diverse that they are different from any other culture of the world. African cultures contain many different languages. African languages range from common French to languages unheard of to most people such as Swahili. African arts are much different than American arts. Their art involves much more creative pottery‚ masks‚ and paintings. Africa has a very interesting culture. Reasons being the
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The Ways of White Folks by Langston Hughes In his The Way of White Folks‚ Hughes illustrates the blacks’ feeling of frustration and resistance towards the white-Americans that they live within the society they are in. When on analyzes his short stories‚ one can see the techniques Hughes used‚ to illustrate how the whites treats the blacks. Although Hughes blurs the racial line which separates the North America from the South‚ he effectively illustrates that the how the upper class treats the black
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Bois’ The Souls of Black Folk‚ the author is attempting to explain the inner struggle playing out in the subconscious of African-American’s minds following the era of reconstruction‚ as well as offer his common sense solutions to this matter. He refers to this battle of dueling realities within the mind as double consciousness‚ using “the veil” as a metaphor to illustrate the isolation and sometimes the protection felt when living within the veil. He attempted to help African-Americans‚ as well as whites
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Diversity plays an important part in traditional tales. I deeply understand that culture background can shape everything in traditional tales because multiculturalism has affected my thinking incessantly. I grew up in an era with the company of a unique mix of culture from China‚ Japan‚ and other western countries. Although Huck (2014) stress the reason of why do some people create traditional tales by saying “they created stories that helped explain the world” (p.103)‚ the world can be explained
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