Fragments of Bone: Neo-African Religions in a New World
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Patrick Bellegarde-Smith (Contributor)
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In Fragments of Bone, thirteen essayists discuss African religions as forms of resistance and survival in the face of Western cultural hegemony and imperialism. The collection presents scholars working outside of the Western tradition with backgrounds in a variety of disciplines, genders, and nationalities. These experts draw on research, fieldwork, personal interviews, and spiritual introspection to support a provocative thesis: that fragments of ancestral traditions are fluidly interwoven into New World African religions as creolized rituals, symbolic systems, and cultural identities.
Contributors: Osei-Mensah Aborampah, Niyi Afolabi, Patrick Bellegarde-Smith, Randy P. Conner, T. J. Desch-Obi, Ina Johanna Fandrich, Kean Gibson, Marilyn Houlberg, Nancy B. Mikelsons, Roberto Nodal, Rafael Ocasio, Miguel "Willie" Ramos, and Denise Ferreira da Silva CPSIA choking or other US hazard warning - No California Proposition 65 hazard warning necessary
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Patrick Bellegarde-Smith is a professor emeritus of Africology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He is the author of Haiti: The Breached Citadel and other books.
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- Contributor: Patrick Bellegarde-Smith
- Imprint: University of Illinois Press
- ISBN13: 9780252072055
- Number of Pages: 280
- Packaged Dimensions: 152x229x23mm
- Packaged Weight: 399
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: University of Illinois Press
- Release Date: 2005-06-22
- Binding: Paperback / softback
- Biography: Patrick Bellegarde-Smith is a professor emeritus of Africology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He is the author of Haiti: The Breached Citadel and other books.
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