Diaspora conversions : Black Carib religion and the recovery of Africa / Paul Christopher Johnson.
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TextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2007.Description: xi, 330 pages. : ill., map ; 23 cmISBN: - 9780520249691 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0520249690 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780520249707 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0520249704 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Garifuna (Caribbean people) -- Honduras -- Religion
- Garifuna (Caribbean people) -- Honduras -- Ethnic identity
- Garifuna (Caribbean people) -- Honduras -- Migrations
- Garifuna (Caribbean people) -- New York (State) -- New York Metropolitan Area -- Religion
- Garifuna (Caribbean people) -- New York (State) -- New York Metropolitan Area -- Ethnic identity
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- F 1505.2.C3 J64 2007
Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-317) and index.
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.
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