Diaspora Conversions : Black Carib Religion and the Recovery of Africa /

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By joining a diaspora, a society may begin to change its religious, ethnic, and even racial identifications by rethinking its ""pasts."" This pioneering multisite ethnography explores how this phenomenon is affecting the remarkable religion of the Garifuna, historically known as...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Johnson, Paul C. (Paul Christopher), 1964-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2007.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Garifuna (Caribbean people) > Religion.
Garifuna (Caribbean people) > Ethnic identity.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
RELIGION > Ethnic & Tribal.
Caraïbes noirs (Indiens) > Honduras > Migrations.
Caraïbes noirs (Indiens) > Identite ethnique > Honduras.
Caraïbes noirs (Indiens) > Honduras > Religion.
Garifuna (Caribbean people) > New York (State) > New York Metropolitan Area > Ethnic identity.
Garifuna (Caribbean people) > New York (State) > New York Metropolitan Area > Religion.
Garifuna (Caribbean people) > Honduras > Migrations.
Garifuna (Caribbean people) > Honduras > Ethnic identity.
Garifuna (Caribbean people) > Honduras > Religion.
New York (State) > New York Metropolitan Area.
Honduras.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • What is diasporic religion?
  • "These sons of freedom" : Back Caribs across three diasporic horizons
  • Shamans at work in the villages
  • Shamans at work in New York
  • Ritual in the homeland; or, making the land "home" in ritual
  • Ritual in the Bronx
  • Finding Africa in New York
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: Trajectory of a moving object, the caldero.

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