Diaspora conversions : Black Carib religion and the recovery of Africa / Paul Christopher Johnson.
- Johnson, Paul C. (Paul Christopher), 1964-
- Date:
- [2007], ©2007
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Publication/Creation
Berkeley : University of California Press, [2007], ©2007.
Physical description
xi, 330 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
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Contents
Introduction -- What is diasporic religion? -- "These sons of freedom" : Back Caribs across three diasporic horizons -- Shamans at work in the villages -- Shamans at work in New York -- Ritual in the homeland; or, making the land "home" in ritual -- Ritual in the Bronx -- Finding Africa in New York -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Trajectory of a moving object, the caldero.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-317) and index.
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Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2010. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet.