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Creating Africa in America : translocal identity in an emerging world city /

"'Who is 'African' in a global ecumene? Anthropologist Copeland Carson poses this challenging question in her study of cultural dynamics in Minneapolis-Saint Paul ... Highly recommended."--Choice.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Copeland-Carson, Jacqueline
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2004.
Colección:Contemporary ethnography.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface: On Life Betwixt and Between
  • Prologue to a Diasporan Journey
  • 1. "Africa" in Minnesota
  • 2. Ethnographic Grounding
  • 3. "Three Parts African": Blood, Heart, Skin, and Memory
  • 4. Organizing Across Diasporan Crosscurrents
  • 5. The African Body Resistant
  • 6. Healing the Mind: Embodying an African Epistemology
  • 7. Healing the Body: Reactivating the African Habitus
  • 8. Healing the Spirit: Embodying an African Historicity
  • Epilogue to a Diasporan Journey
  • Appendix A: Research Design, Methods, and Documents
  • Appendix B: Cultural Wellness Center and Powderhorn Photographs
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.