Activating the Past : History and Memory in the Black Atlantic World.

Activating the Past explores critical historical events and transformations associated Other embodied memories in the Black Atlantic world. The assembled case-studies disclose hidden historical references to local and regional encounters Other Atlantic modernity, focusing on religious festivals that...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Apter, Andrew
Otros Autores: Derby, Lauren
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2010.
Temas:
African diaspora.
Slavery > History.
Black people > Atlantic Ocean Region > Historiography.
Africains > Pays étrangers.
Personnes noires > Atlantique, Région de l' > Historiographie.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
African diaspora
Black people > Historiography
Slavery
Ethnohistorie
Religionsethnologie
Afroamerikanischer Synkretismus
Sklavenhandel
Kollektives Gedächtnis
Besessenheitskult
Atlantic Ocean Region
Benin
Brasilien
Ghana
Haiti
Kuba.
Puerto Rico.
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Togo
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Activating the Past explores critical historical events and transformations associated Other embodied memories in the Black Atlantic world. The assembled case-studies disclose hidden historical references to local and regional encounters Other Atlantic modernity, focusing on religious festivals that represent political and economic relationships in "fetishized" forms of power and value. Although memories of the slave trade are rarely acknowledged in West Africa and the Americas, they have ret ...
Descripción Física:1 online resource (479 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781443817905
1443817902
9781443816380
1443816388

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