Afro-Catholic festivals in the Americas: performance, representation, and the making of Black Atlantic tradition

"Explores how, in the Americas, people of African birth or descent found spiritual and social empowerment in the orbit of the Church. Draws connections between Afro-Catholic festivals and their precedents in the early modern Christian kingdom of Kongo"--Provided by publisher

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Bibliographic Details
Contributors: Fromont, Cécile (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: University Park, Pennsylvania The Pennsylvania State University Press [2019]
In:Year: 2019
Series/Journal:Africana religions
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B The Americas / Blacks / Religious festival / Catholicism / History
Further subjects:B Africans ; Religion
B Blacks (America) Religion
B Catholic / RELIGION / Christianity
B Africans (America) Religion
B America
B Holidays / RELIGION / Christian
B African Diaspora
B Blacks ; Religion
B Fasts and feasts ; Catholic Church
B Electronic books
B Fasts and feasts (America) Catholic Church
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