Publications [#237718] of J. Lorand Matory

Essays, Articles, Chapters in Books

1. Matory, JL, Islands Are Not Isolated: Reconsidering the Roots of Gullah Distinctiveness, in Grass roots: African origins of an American art, edited by Rosengarten, D; Rosengarten, T; Schildkrout, E; Carney, JA (September, 2008), pp. 232-244, University of Washington Press, Long Island City, NY, ISBN 9780945802518 [repository]
   (last updated on 2026/01/16)

   Abstract:
   In this investigation of America's most enduring African-inspired art form, the Lowcountry basket becomes a prism through which to explore 300 years of American and African history.

   Keywords:
   Gullahs, Geechees, African Americans, black Americans, South Carolina, Georgia, African culture in the Americas, Baskets and Basketry