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BL
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636009
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Fennell, Christopher
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| Title & Author
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Crossroads and cosmologies : : diasporas and ethnogenesis in the new world /\ Christopher C. Fennell ; foreword by Robert Farris Thompson ; editor's foreword by Paul A. Shackel
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| Publication Statement
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Gainesville :: University Press of Florida,, c2007
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| Series Statement
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Cultural heritage studies
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xxii, 168 p. :: ill., maps ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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9780813031415
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: 0813031419
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-158) and index
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| Contents
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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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Blacks-- America-- Social life and customs
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Africans-- America-- Social life and customs
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Blacks-- America-- Ethnic identity
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Africans-- America-- Ethnic identity
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African diaspora
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Ethnicity-- America-- History
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Ethnohistory-- America
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Cosmology-- History
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America, Social life and customs
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America, Ethnic relations
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| LC Classification
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E29.N3F46 2007
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