Crossroads and cosmologies diasporas and ethnogenesis in the new world.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Publisher: Gainesville University press of Florida 2007Description: XXII, 168 p. illContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0-8130-3141-9
  • 978-0-8130-3141-5
Subject(s):
Contents:
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.
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book Library of Colonial History 122.104 H Available 7003958-20

Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-158) and index.

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.