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

By joining a diaspora, a society may begin to change its religious, ethnic, and even racial identifications by rethinking its ""pasts."" This pioneering multisite ethnography explores how this phenomenon is affecting the remarkable religion of the Garifuna, historically known as...

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Main Author: Johnson, Paul C. (Paul Christopher), 1964-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2007.
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Online Access:DE-862
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Summary:By joining a diaspora, a society may begin to change its religious, ethnic, and even racial identifications by rethinking its ""pasts."" This pioneering multisite ethnography explores how this phenomenon is affecting the remarkable religion of the Garifuna, historically known as the Black Caribs, from the Central American coast of the Caribbean. It is estimated that one-third of the Garifuna have migrated to New York City over the past fifty years. Paul Christopher Johnson compares Garifuna spirit possession rituals performed in Honduran villages with those conducted in New York, and what emer
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 330 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-317) and index.
ISBN:9780520940215
0520940210
9781435611368
1435611365
1282772147
9781282772144
9786612772146
661277214X

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