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African Americans and International Cultural Observances in the Higher Education Community

Beverly Lindsay

Tara C. Scales

The Pennsylvania State University

A perusal of university Web sites, brochures, and the like provides an overview of sociocultural activities at universities that are often emphasized as integral parts of the co-curriculum. Although attention has been paid to general aspects of socialization within universities, there has been relatively little information about the role that newholidays and rituals have on socialization and resocialization within the academic community, especially as indigenous and international values are juxtaposed for various demographic groups. To begin addressing these matters, the authors examined some conceptual tenets of culture pertaining to holidays and rituals, engaged in participation observations of Kwanzaa and an African celebration at a comprehensive public research university and a universityassociated cultural event, and analyzed their explorations to explicate the nexuses between the conceptual and observed phenomena. They conclude by positing how cultural events and changing university and government policies interact and thus affect the essence of university life.

Key Words: Kwanzaa • cultural observances • higher education

Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 35, No. 5, 551-572 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0021934704268398
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