An edition of Africas of the Americas (2008)

Africas of the Americas

beyond the search for origins in the study of Afro-Atlantic religions

My Reading Lists:

Create a new list

Check-In

×Close
Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
Today


Buy this book

Last edited by ImportBot
September 10, 2021 | History
An edition of Africas of the Americas (2008)

Africas of the Americas

beyond the search for origins in the study of Afro-Atlantic religions

This edition doesn't have a description yet. Can you add one?

Publish Date
Publisher
Brill
Language
English
Pages
394

Buy this book

Previews available in: English

Book Details


Table of Contents

Introduction: On predications of africanity / Stephan Palmie
On leaving and joining africanness through religion : the 'Black Caribs' across multiple diasporic horizons / Paul Christopher Johnson
From Igbo Israeli to African Christian : the emergence of racial identity in Olaudah Equiano's interesting narrative / James Sidbury
Governing man-gods : spiritism and the struggle for progress in Republican Cuba / Reinaldo L. Roman
Divining the past : the linguistic reconstruction of 'African' roots in diasporic ritual registers and songs / Kristina Wirtz
Ecue's atlantic : an essay in methodology / Stephan Palmie
Dona Preta's trek to Cachoeira / Brian Brazeal
Transatlantic dialogue : Roger Bastide and the African American religions / Stefania Capone
Peasants, migrants and the discovery of African traditions : ritual and social change in Lowland Haiti / Karen E. Richman
African accents, speaking child spirits, and the Brazilian popular imaginary : permutations of Africanness in Candomble / Elina Hartikainen
Free to be a slave : slavery as metaphor in the Afro-Atlantic religions / J. Lorand Matory.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references.

Published in
Leiden, Boston
Series
Studies of religion in Africa -- v. 33

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
299.6097
Library of Congress
BL2565 .A36 2008, BL2565.A36 2008

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
394

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL16656727M
Internet Archive
africasofamerica0000unse
ISBN 13
9789004164727
LCCN
2008008544
OCLC/WorldCat
192079128
Goodreads
6797193

Community Reviews (0)

Feedback?
No community reviews have been submitted for this work.

Lists

This work does not appear on any lists.

History

Download catalog record: RDF / JSON
September 10, 2021 Edited by ImportBot import existing book
February 25, 2021 Edited by ImportBot import existing book
July 27, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot import existing book
February 11, 2019 Created by MARC Bot import existing book