Mary Lorena Kenny

Deeply Rooted in the Present

Heritage, Memory, and Identity in Brazilian Quilombos

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Produktbeschreibung

Asking what it means to be quilombola (descendants of African slaves) in the twenty-first century, Kenny illustrates how heritage and identity do not simply exist, but are continually being constructed to reflect particular historical circumstances.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 272g
• ISBN-13: 9781442634749
• ISBN-10: 144263474X
• Artikelnr.: 49387395

Autorenporträt

Mary Lorena Kenny is Professor of Anthropology at Eastern Connecticut State University. She is the author of Hidden Heads of Households: Child Labor in Urban Northeast Brazil (2007).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
List of Maps
List of Abbreviations
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Slavery, Quilombos, and Land
2. From Enslavement to Quilombolas
3. Quilombola Identity
Conclusion
Further Reading
Supplementary Exercises
References
Index