Black blood brothers : confraternities and social mobility for Afro-Mexicans /

Celebrating the African contribution to Mexican culture, this book shows how religious brotherhoods in New Spain both preserved a distinctive African identity and helped facilitate Afro-Mexican integration into colonial society. Called confraternities, these groups provided social connections, chari...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Germeten, Nicole von
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, ©2006.
Colección:History of African-American religions.
Temas:
Black people > Mexico > Religion.
Confraternities > Mexico > History.
Confréries > Mexique > Histoire.
RELIGION > Institutions & Organizations.
Black people > Religion.
Confraternities.
Hautfarbe
Afrikanischer Einwanderer
Demographie
Ethnische Gruppe
Mexico.
Mexiko
Südamerika
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Celebrating the African contribution to Mexican culture, this book shows how religious brotherhoods in New Spain both preserved a distinctive African identity and helped facilitate Afro-Mexican integration into colonial society. Called confraternities, these groups provided social connections, charity, and status for Africans and their descendants for over two centuries.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 287 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-278) and index.
ISBN:9780813036328
0813036321

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