The Role of Memory and Tradition in the Construction of Identity in the Nineteenth-Century Bahamas
Tradition has been defined as practices brought forward from the past into the present. In the context of enslavement and the cultural dislocation that accompanied it, memory became critical in the recreation of tradition. Individual memory contributed to the practices that created new traditions to...
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Cultural and religious studies
Year: 2016, Volume: 4, Issue: 7, Pages: 411-426 |
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African-Bahamian identity
B consumer choices B historical archaeology B African Diaspora B memory and tradition |
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