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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| Type de support: | Électronique Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
| Vérifier la disponibilité: | HBZ Gateway |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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University Park, Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania State University Press
[2019]
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| Dans: | Année: 2019 |
| Collection/Revue: | Africana religions
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| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Amerika
/ Noirs
/ Fête religieuse
/ Catholicisme
/ Histoire
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| Sujets non-standardisés: | 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 |
| Accès en ligne: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Édition parallèle: | Non-électronique
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| Résumé: | "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 Sangamentos on Congo Square? : Kongolese warriors, brotherhood kings, and Mardi Gras Indians in New Orleans / Jeroen Dewulf -- Moros e Christianos ritualized naval battles : baptizing American waters with African spiritual meaning / Kevin Dawson -- A Mexican sangamento? : the first Afro-Christian performance in the Americas / Miguel A. Valerio -- Representing an African king in Brazil / Lisa Voigt -- Black ceremonies in perspective : Brazil and Dahomey in the eighteenth century / Junia Ferreira Furtado -- Envisioning Brazil's Afro-Christian congados : the black king and queen festival lithograph of Johann Moritz Rugendas / Cécile Fromont -- The Orisa house that Afro-Catholics built : Africana antecedents to Yoruba religious formation in Trinidad / Dianne M. Stewart -- On hearing Africas in the Americas : domestic celebrations for Catholic saints as Afro-diasporic religious tradition / Michael Iyanaga. |
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| Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0271084340 |