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Identifying Roots: Alex Haley and the Anthropology of Scriptures by Richard Newton

Identifying Roots: Alex Haley and the Anthropology of Scriptures

Culture on the Edge: Studies in Identity Formation

Richard Newton

280 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction biography race religion informative medium-paced
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This volume presents a cultural history of Alex Haley's Roots as a case study in 'operational acts of identification.' It examines the strategy and tactics Haley employed in developing a family origin story into an acclaimed national history. Wher...

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