Central Africans and Cultural Transformations in the American Diaspora - Couverture souple

Heywood, Linda M.

 
9780521002783: Central Africans and Cultural Transformations in the American Diaspora
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0521002788 ISBN 13 : 9780521002783
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2001

Synopsis

This book, first published in 2001, sets out a paradigm that increases our understanding of African culture and the forces that led to its transformation during the period of the Atlantic slave trade and beyond, putting long over-due emphasis on the importance of Central African culture to the cultures of the United States, Brazil, and the Caribbean. Focusing on the Kongo/Angola culture zone, the book illustrates how African peoples re-shaped their cultural institutions, beliefs and practices as they interacted with Portuguese slave traders up to 1800, then follows Central Africans through all the regions where they were taken as slaves and recaptives. Here, for the first time in one volume, leading scholars of Africa, Brazil, Latin America and the Caribbean have collaborated to analyze the culture history of Africa and its diaspora. This interdisciplinary approach across geographic areas is sure to set a precedent for other scholars of Africa and its diaspora.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book, first published in 2001, sets out a paradigm that increases our understanding of African culture and the forces that led to its transformation during the period of the Atlantic slave trade and beyond, putting long over-due emphasis on the importance of Central African culture to the cultures of the United States, Brazil, and the Caribbean. Focusing on the Kongo/Angola culture zone, the book illustrates how African peoples re-shaped their cultural institutions, beliefs and practices as they interacted with Portuguese slave traders up to 1800, then follows Central Africans through all the regions where they were taken as slaves and recaptives. Here, for the first time in one volume, leading scholars of Africa, Brazil, Latin America and the Caribbean have collaborated to analyze the culture history of Africa and its diaspora. This interdisciplinary approach across geographic areas is sure to set a precedent for other scholars of Africa and its diaspora.

Revue de presse

"...an exemplary collection of essays, presenting new information and interpretations that fundamentally revise and deepen our understanding of the slave trade and the African diaspora." American Historical Review

"[T]he overall architecture of this book is strong and telling. Graduate students and faculty." Choice

"This path-breaking volume is a long overdue illumination of Central African influences on the slave cultures of the Americas and a refreshing reassessment of the transmission of African ideas, beliefs, and rituals...the essays represent an important launch pad for the debates that will no doubt shape slave studies well into the future. For those engaged in slave studies, this book will be indespensable." Transforming Anthropology

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521002788
ISBN 13 
9780521002783
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
402
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780521802437: Central Africans and Cultural Transformations in the American Diaspora

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0521802431 ISBN 13 :  9780521802437
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2001
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