Fragments of Bone
Neo-African Religions in a New World
The bones of Pierre Toussaint, the first proposed African-American Catholic saint, were disinterred and spread around in the New World. In his introduction, Patrick Bellegrade-Smith suggests the same is true of the religious practices that peoples of African descent and victims of the Atlantic slave trade brought with them. Fragments of Bone examines the evolution of these religions as they have been adapted and recontextualized in various New World environments. The essays in Fragments of Bone discuss African religions as forms of resistance and survival in the face of Western cultural hegemony and imperialism. The collection is unique in pr…
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- ISBN: 978-0-252-07205-5
- EAN: 9780252072055
- Produktnummer: 1701509
- Verlag: University of Illinois Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
- Seitenangabe: 280 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D0.0 cm 431 g
- Gewicht: 431
- Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational
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