Reviews
"Stuckey skillfully explores the lives and/or cultural theory of significant personalities...to reveal crucial African cultural connections in the New World that are vital to African survival and transcendence."--Journal of American Ethnic History "Sterling Stuckey's Going Through the Storm, even more than his great 1987 work, Slave Culture, provides a depth of understanding of the oneness of African American history and the arts: dance, song, poetry and music. There is a kind of poetry in his own expression of his ideas about the great thinkers in African American history. Melvilleans will be astonished at the knowledge that illuminates (review continues into next Sel Reviews field -- too many characters) Benito Cereno and at the insight Stuckey gives us into new aspects of the novella and of Melville's readings about Africa that light up much that is elusive or previously ignored in the work. Stuckey's two chapters on this masterpiece of American literature are a gift to Melville studies. Stuckey's emphasis in Going through the Storm is on African culture and its sources in Africa as well as in the "New World" but his concerns, like those of Paul Robeson whose evolving thought he studies in the final two chapters, are universal."--Joyce Sparer Adler, Professor, Emeritus, University of Guyana (or--author of War in Melville's Imagination) "Plenty of history and culture of all Afro-American artistic endeavors is included in a study which will attract readers seeking to link Afro-American culture and history with artistic evolution."--Diane C. Donovan, The Midwest Book Review, "Stuckey skillfully explores the lives and/or cultural theory ofsignigicant personalities...to reveal crucial African cultural connections inthe New World that are vital to African survival and transcendence."--Journal ofAmerican Ethnic History, "Stuckey skillfully explores the lives and/or cultural theory of significant personalities...to reveal crucial African cultural connections in the New World that are vital to African survival and transcendence."--Journal of American Ethnic History "Plenty of history and culture of all Afro-American artistic endeavors is included in a study which will attract readers seeking to link Afro-American culture and history with artistic evolution."--Diane C. Donovan, The Midwest Book Review, "Stuckey skillfully explores the lives and/or cultural theory ofsignificant personalities...to reveal crucial African cultural connections inthe New World that are vital to African survival and transcendence."--Journal ofAmerican Ethnic History, Benito Cereno and at the insight Stuckey gives us into new aspects of thenovella and of Melville's readings about Africa that light up much that iselusive or previously ignored in the work. Stuckey's two chapters on thismasterpiece of American literature are a gift to Melville studies. Stuckey'semphasis in Going through the Storm is on African culture and its sources inAfrica as well as in the "New World" but his concerns, like those of PaulRobeson whose evolving thought he studies in the final two chapters, areuniversal."--Joyce Sparer Adler, Professor, Emeritus, University of Guyana(or--author of War in Melville's Imagination), "Stuckey skillfully explores the lives and/or cultural theory of significant personalities...to reveal crucial African cultural connections in the New World that are vital to African survival and transcendence."-- Journal of American Ethnic History "Sterling Stuckey's Going Through the Storm , even more than his great 1987 work, Slave Culture , provides a depth of understanding of the oneness of African American history and the arts: dance, song, poetry and music. There is a kind of poetry in his own expression of his ideas about the great thinkers in African American history. Melvilleans will be astonished at the knowledge that illuminates (review continues into next Sel Reviews field -- too many characters) Benito Cereno and at the insight Stuckey gives us into new aspects of the novella and of Melville's readings about Africa that light up much that is elusive or previously ignored in the work. Stuckey's two chapters on this masterpiece of American literature are a gift to Melville studies. Stuckey's emphasis in Going through the Storm is on African culture and its sources in Africa as well as in the "New World" but his concerns, like those of Paul Robeson whose evolving thought he studies in the final two chapters, are universal."--Joyce Sparer Adler, Professor, Emeritus, University of Guyana (or--author of War in Melville's Imagination ) "Plenty of history and culture of all Afro-American artistic endeavors is included in a study which will attract readers seeking to link Afro-American culture and history with artistic evolution."--Diane C. Donovan, The Midwest Book Review, "Stuckey skillfully explores the lives and/or cultural theory of significant personalities...to reveal crucial African cultural connections in the New World that are vital to African survival and transcendence."--Journal of American Ethnic History "Sterling Stuckey'sGoing Through the Storm, even more than his great 1987 work,Slave Culture, provides a depth of understanding of the oneness of African American history and the arts: dance, song, poetry and music. There is a kind of poetry in his own expression of his ideas about the great thinkers in African American history. Melvilleans will be astonished at the knowledge that illuminates (review continues into next Sel Reviews field -- too many characters) Benito Cerenoand at the insight Stuckey gives us into new aspects of the novella and of Melville's readings about Africa that light up much that is elusive or previously ignored in the work. Stuckey's two chapters on this masterpiece of American literature are a gift to Melville studies. Stuckey's emphasis inGoing through the Stormis on African culture and its sources in Africa as well as in the "New World" but his concerns, like those of Paul Robeson whose evolving thought he studies in the final two chapters, are universal."--Joyce Sparer Adler, Professor, Emeritus, University of Guyana (or--author ofWar in Melville's Imagination) "Plenty of history and culture of all Afro-American artistic endeavors is included in a study which will attract readers seeking to link Afro-American culture and history with artistic evolution."--Diane C. Donovan,The Midwest Book Review, "Plenty of history and culture of all Afro-American artistic endeavors isincluded in a study which will attract readers seeking to link Afro-Americanculture and history with artistic evolution."--Diane C. Donovan, The MidwestBook Review, Sterling Stuckey's Going Through the Storm, even more than his great 1987 work, Slave Culture, provides a depth of understanding of the oneness of African American history and the arts: dance, song, poetry and music. There is a kind of poetry in his own expression of his ideas about the greatthinkers in African American history. Melvilleans will be astonished at the knowledge that illuminates (review continues into next Sel Reviews field -- too many characters)|9780195086041|, "Plenty of history and culture of all Afro-American artistic endeavors is included in a study which will attract readers seeking to link Afro-American culture and history with artistic evolution."--Diane C. Donovan, The Midwest Book Review, Benito Cereno and at the insight Stuckey gives us into new aspects of the novella and of Melville's readings about Africa that light up much that is elusive or previously ignored in the work. Stuckey's two chapters on this masterpiece of American literature are a gift to Melville studies.Stuckey's emphasis in Going through the Storm is on African culture and its sources in Africa as well as in the "New World" but his concerns, like those of Paul Robeson whose evolving thought he studies in the final two chapters, are universal."--Joyce Sparer Adler, Professor, Emeritus, Universityof Guyana (or--author of War in Melville's Imagination), "Stuckey skillfully explores the lives and/or cultural theory of significant personalities...to reveal crucial African cultural connections in the New World that are vital to African survival and transcendence."--Journal of American Ethnic History, Sterling Stuckey's Going Through the Storm, even more than his great 1987work, Slave Culture, provides a depth of understanding of the oneness of AfricanAmerican history and the arts: dance, song, poetry and music. There is a kind ofpoetry in his own expression of his ideas about the great thinkers in AfricanAmerican history. Melvilleans will be astonished at the knowledge thatilluminates (review continues into next Sel Reviews field -- too manycharacters)|9780195086041|, "Stuckey skillfully explores the lives and/or cultural theory of significant personalities...to reveal crucial African cultural connections in the New World that are vital to African survival and transcendence."--Journal of American Ethnic History"Plenty of history and culture of all Afro-American artistic endeavors is included in a study which will attract readers seeking to link Afro-American culture and history with artistic evolution."--Diane C. Donovan, The Midwest Book Review
