Crossroads and cosmologies : diasporas and ethnogenesis in the new world /
A far-reaching anthropological study of African and African American religions, German American folkways, and archaeological methodology.
| Основен автор: | Fennell, Christopher. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Gainesville :
University Press of Florida,
℗♭2007.
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| Серия: |
Cultural heritage studies.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=373467 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Crossroads and cosmologies. |
Съдържание:
- Introduction: Diasporas, histories, and heritage
- From the diminutive to the transatlantic
- Shared meanings and culture dynamics
- Core symbols across a continuum
- A core symbol of the BaKongo culture
- Marking social group contours
- Expressions of group identity and individual purpose
- A model for diaspora analysis
- Interpreting cultural expressions through ethnohistorical analogy
- BaKongo culture in West Central Africa
- Predicting facets of symbolic expression in new settings
- African diasporas and symbolism in the New World
- Private rituals in North America
- Yoruba and BaKongo dynamics in Cuba
- Innovation of new emblems in Haiti and Brazil
- Afro-Christian dynamics in North America
- European diasporas and the persistence of magic
- From the Palatinate to Virginia
- Hexerei practices among German-Americans
- Social networks and interpersonal conflicts
- Expressions instrumental and emblematic
- Creolization, hybridity, and ethnogenic bricolage.