Maroons in Guyane :: past, present, future /

"For more than four centuries, the communities of maroons (men and women who escaped from slavery) dotted the fringes of plantation America, from Brazil through the Caribbean to the United States. Today their descendants still form semi-independent enclaves-in Jamaica, Brazil, Colombia, Belize,...

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Hauptverfasser: Price, Richard, 1941- (VerfasserIn), Price, Sally (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2022]
Schriftenreihe:Race in the Atlantic world, 1700-1900.
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Zusammenfassung:"For more than four centuries, the communities of maroons (men and women who escaped from slavery) dotted the fringes of plantation America, from Brazil through the Caribbean to the United States. Today their descendants still form semi-independent enclaves-in Jamaica, Brazil, Colombia, Belize, Suriname, Guyane, and elsewhere-remaining proud of their maroon origins and, in some cases, faithful to unique cultural traditions forged during the earliest days of Afro-American history. In 1986, expelled by the military regime of Suriname, the Prices turned to neighboring Guyane (French Guiana), where thousands of Maroons were taking refuge from the Suriname civil war. Over the next fifteen years, their conversations with local people convinced them of the need to replace the pervasive stereotypes about Maroons in Guyane with accurate information. In 2003, Les Marrons became a local best-seller. In 2020, after many further visits, the Prices wrote a new edition taking into account the many rapid changes. Maroons in Guyane reviews the history of the four Maroon peoples in Guyane, explains how these groups differ from one another, and analyzes their current situations in the bustling, multicultural world of this far-flung outpost of the French Republic. A gallery of the magnificent arts of the Maroons completes the volume"--
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xi, 185 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps,
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780820361567
0820361569