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LEADER: 02763cam a2200421 a 4500
001 2007005244
003 DLC
005 20090214083913.0
008 070205s2007 fluab b s001 0 eng
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035 $a(OCoLC)ocm83609460
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050 00 $aE29.N3$bF46 2007
082 00 $a973/.0496073$222
100 1 $aFennell, Christopher.
245 10 $aCrossroads and cosmologies :$bdiasporas and ethnogenesis in the new world /$cChristopher C. Fennell ; foreword by Robert Farris Thompson ; editor's foreword by Paul A. Shackel.
260 $aGainesville :$bUniversity Press of Florida,$cc2007.
300 $axxii, 168 p. :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
440 0 $aCultural heritage studies
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [133]-158) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: 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.
650 0 $aBlacks$zAmerica$xSocial life and customs.
650 0 $aAfricans$zAmerica$xSocial life and customs.
650 0 $aBlacks$zAmerica$xEthnic identity.
650 0 $aAfricans$zAmerica$xEthnic identity.
650 0 $aAfrican diaspora.
651 0 $aAmerica$xSocial life and customs.
651 0 $aAmerica$xEthnic relations.
650 0 $aEthnicity$zAmerica$xHistory.
650 0 $aEthnohistory$zAmerica.
650 0 $aCosmology$xHistory.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0710/2007005244.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0812/2007005244-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0812/2007005244-d.html