Beth Baker-Cristales describes the ways in which migrants create multiple--and sometimes contradictory--relations to the states in which they live, demonstrating how the state becomes a central actor in the processes of globalization and transnationalism. Looking at the national state as both a form of governance and a powerful idea, she argues that the national state shapes the ways migrants conceive of themselves and the way they construct social identities. The web of transnational interactions is complex, she emphasizes, and the exchange of information, persons, capital, goods, and...
Beth Baker-Cristales describes the ways in which migrants create multiple--and sometimes contradictory--relations to the states in which they live, de...
Brazilians of African descent draw upon both Christian and African diasporic religions to construct their racial identities in a variety of intriguing ways. Focusing on the Reconcavo region of northeastern Brazil--known for its rich Afro-Brazilian traditions and as a center of racial consciousness in the country--Stephen Selka provides a nuanced and sophisticated ethnography that examines what it means to be black in Brazil. Selka examines how Evangelical Protestantism, Candomble (traditional Afro-Brazilian religion), and Catholicism--especially progressive Catholicism--are deployed...
Brazilians of African descent draw upon both Christian and African diasporic religions to construct their racial identities in a variety of intriguing...
"An impressive ethnography of identity and cultural memory among the little-known Windward Maroons of eastern Jamaice, descended from escaped slaves who established free communities in the mountains of this New World colony a century before the abolition of slaveryThis book is an essential and rewarding read for all those interested in resistance to slavery in the Americas and its legacy today."Jean Besson, Reader in Anthropology, University of London
"A fine and long-overdue introduction to Jamaican Maroons, based on oral narratives collected in the field. . . . Learning that...
"An impressive ethnography of identity and cultural memory among the little-known Windward Maroons of eastern Jamaice, descended from escaped slave...
Brazilians of African descent draw upon both Christian and African diasporic religions to construct their racial identities in a variety of intriguing ways. Focusing on the Reconcavo region of northeastern Brazil--known for its rich Afro-Brazilian traditions and as a center of racial consciousness in the country--Stephen Selka provides a nuanced and sophisticated ethnography that examines what it means to be black in Brazil. Selka examines how Evangelical Protestantism, Candomble (traditional Afro-Brazilian religion), and Catholicism--especially progressive Catholicism--are deployed in...
Brazilians of African descent draw upon both Christian and African diasporic religions to construct their racial identities in a variety of intriguing...
In Latin America and the Caribbean, racial issues are extremely complex and fluid, particularly the nature of 'blackness.' What it means to be called black is still very different for an African American living in the United States than it is for an individual in the Dominican Republic with an African ancestry. Racial categories were far from concrete as the Dominican populace grew, altered, and solidified around the present notions of identity. Kimberly Simmons explores the fascinating socio-cultural shifts in Dominicans' racial categories, concluding that Dominicans are slowly embracing...
In Latin America and the Caribbean, racial issues are extremely complex and fluid, particularly the nature of 'blackness.' What it means to be called ...
"An original and significant contribution to the growing field of Latino Studies that documents the emergence of a pan-ethnic and interracial sense of solidarity among Latinos and other people of color'."--Jorge Duany, University of Puerto Rico
"Clearly written, well argued, intellectually engaging. . . . this book shows that one can only hope to understand the political development of New York Dominicans by meticulous observation of a convergence of multiple factors. . . . An unprecedented chronicle of the evolution of Dominicans as political beings in New York."--Silvio...
"An original and significant contribution to the growing field of Latino Studies that documents the emergence of a pan-ethnic and interracial sense...
The Nuer of southern Sudan, enshrined in anthropological lore by E. E. Evans-Pritchard a half century ago, continue to fascinate. Shandy traces their diaspora, mainly to the United States, as the result of decades of Sudanese civil war. . . . Recommended. Choice
A powerful ethnography, it highlights the migratory patterns of the Nuer people whose lives and worldviews have inspired generations of anthropologists all over the world. . . . A welcome contribution to the documentation of one of the most interesting political migrations today. Rogaia Mustafa Abusharaf, Brown...
The Nuer of southern Sudan, enshrined in anthropological lore by E. E. Evans-Pritchard a half century ago, continue to fascinate. Shandy traces th...
During the past ten years, political debates, legal disputes, and rising violence associated with the presence of Haitian migrants have flared up throughout the Caribbean basin in such places as Guadeloupe, the Dominican Republic, French Guiana, the Bahamas, and Jamaica. The contributors to this volume explore the common thread of prejudice against the Haitian diaspora as well as its potential role in the construction of national narratives from a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective. These essays, written by historians, anthropologists, sociologists, and Francophone studies...
During the past ten years, political debates, legal disputes, and rising violence associated with the presence of Haitian migrants have flared up thro...
Haiti has long been both a source of immense pride - because of the Haitian Revolution - and of profound disappointment - because of the unshakable realities of poverty, political instability, and violence - to the black diasporic imagination. This title presents the transnational history of US African Americans and Haitians.
Haiti has long been both a source of immense pride - because of the Haitian Revolution - and of profound disappointment - because of the unshakable re...
"An incisive, nuanced, and multidimensional case study. Martes challenges and revises accepted notions of ethnic solidarity, and emphasizes how much more diversity exists among the Brazilian newcomers than typically has been recognized."--Marilyn Halter, Boston University "Provides a rich and detailed account of the varied motivations and experiences of Brazilian emigrants to the United States. Martes explores a number of topics, including economic strategies unique to the Brazilian community, the roles of Catholic and evangelical Protestant churches in the lives of Brazilian immigrants,...
"An incisive, nuanced, and multidimensional case study. Martes challenges and revises accepted notions of ethnic solidarity, and emphasizes how much m...
