Contents
Abstract…………………………………………………………………….…………Ⅰ
Key Words……………………………………………………………………………Ⅰ
摘要…………………………………………………………………………………Ⅱ
关键词…………………………………………………………………………Ⅱ
Introduction…………………………………………………………………………..1
I. The Origin and Development of Afro-American Culture…………………………2
II. The Effects of Afro-American Culture……………………………………………2
Ⅲ. The Excellent Component of the Afro-American Culture………………………3
A. The Comparability of the Ancestor’s Culture…….…………………………3
B. The Original and Unvarnished Character of the Afro-American Culture……4
C. The Idea of Double Self-identity of Afro-American……………………………5
Ⅳ. The Struggle that the Afro-American had Made……………………………………7
Ⅴ. The Reformation of Nationality Consciousness of the Black………………………8
Ⅵ. The Care and Instruction of the Elder Generation…………………………………9
Ⅶ. The Help of the White……………………………………………………………10
Ⅷ. Promotion of Culture Movement…………………………………………………11
A. The American Modern Black Culture Reformation……………………………11
B. The New Black Culture Movement……….……….…….…….………………11
C. The American Civil Rights Movement of 1960s……………………………….11
D. Other Culture Movements ……………………………………………………12
Ⅸ. Other Factors ………………………………………………………………………12
A. Not Yielding to the Christianization of the White………………………………13
B. Culture Diversity ……………………………………………………………13
Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………14
Acknowledgements……………………………………………………………………15
Notes…………………………………………………………………………………16
Bibliography……………………………………………………………………………17
Abstract
This thesis is to study the reasons why the Afro-American culture has survived from the aspect of its history. It includes many factors such as the excellent component of the Afro-American culture, the black’s striving, and the assistant of the white and so on. Meanwhile, it also refers to some main culture movements in the process of Afro-American culture development and some figures that have made great contribution to the survival and development of Afro-American culture. Among these factors, the basic reason of survival is the excellent component of the Afro-American culture, as it provides original power for the spread of the black culture and long-drawn life-force for the continuing of the black culture. It is the black’ struggle that impels the survival of the black culture, and injects new energy for its development. A good many factors, such as the elder’s instruction and the white’s help create advantageous exterior condition. According to the study of the reasons for the survival of Afro-American culture, we can find that only do Afro-Americans know their history and culture that they can have more encyclopedical and good-tempered attitude toward the world, place their self-worth properly, receive extra culture on the condition of preserving traditional cultural and make it melt with American culture and finally make the Afro-American culture be out of the effects of history and reality to obtain real freedom and development.
Key Words
Afro-American culture; cultural diversity; cultural movement of the black; national consciousness
