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Crossroads and cosmologies :

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(alk. paper)

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Crossroads and cosmologies :

[Book]

diasporas and ethnogenesis in the new world /

Christopher C. Fennell ; foreword by Robert Farris Thompson ; editor's foreword by Paul A. Shackel

Gainesville :

University Press of Florida,

c2007

xxii, 168 p. :

ill., maps ;

24 cm

Cultural heritage studies

Includes bibliographical references (p. [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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African diaspora

Africans-- America-- Ethnic identity

Africans-- America-- Social life and customs

Blacks-- America-- Ethnic identity

Blacks-- America-- Social life and customs

Cosmology-- History

Ethnicity-- America-- History

Ethnohistory-- America

America, Ethnic relations

America, Social life and customs

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Fennell, Christopher

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