Crossroads and cosmologies : diasporas and ethnogenesis in the new world / Christopher C. Fennell ; foreword by Robert Farris Thompson ; editor's foreword by Paul A. Shackel.
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- Black people -- America -- Social life and customs
- Africans -- America -- Social life and customs
- Black people -- America -- Ethnic identity
- Africans -- America -- Ethnic identity
- African diaspora
- America -- Social life and customs
- America -- Ethnic relations
- Ethnicity -- America -- History
- Ethnohistory -- America
- Cosmology -- History
- Noirs -- Amérique -- Mœurs et coutumes
- Africains -- Amérique -- Mœurs et coutumes
- Noirs -- Identité ethnique -- Amérique
- Africains -- Identité ethnique -- Amérique
- Africains -- Pays étrangers
- Amérique -- Mœurs et coutumes
- Amérique -- Relations interethniques
- Ethnicité -- Amérique -- Histoire
- Ethnohistoire -- Amérique
- Cosmologie -- Histoire
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies
- African diaspora
- Africans -- Social life and customs
- Black people -- Ethnic identity
- Black people -- Social life and customs
- Cosmology
- Ethnic relations
- Ethnicity
- Ethnohistory
- Manners and customs
- America
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- E29.N3 F46 2007eb
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.
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A far-reaching anthropological study of African and African American religions, German American folkways, and archaeological methodology.
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