Diaspora conversions: Black Carib religion and the recovery of Africa

Name: Diaspora conversions: Black Carib religion and the recovery of Africa
Author: Paul Christopher Johnson

Author

Paul Christopher Johnson

Publisher

University of California Press

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Title and Author

Diaspora conversions: Black Carib religion and the recovery of Africa / Paul Christopher Johnson

Publication Details

برکلی : University of California Press، 2007م

Physical Description

xi, 330 p.: ill., map ; 23 cm.

Subject

Garifuna (Caribbean people) -- Honduras Religion
Garifuna (Caribbean people) -- Honduras Ethnic identity
Garifuna (Caribbean people) -- Honduras Migrations
Garifuna (Caribbean people) -- New York (State) -- New York Metropolitan Area Religion
Garifuna (Caribbean people) - New York (State) -- New York Metropolitan Area Ethnic identity

Language

انگلیسی

Includes bibliographical references )p. 192-713( and index.

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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