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Beyond Slavery: The Multilayered Legacy of Africans in Latin America and the Caribbean
Author(s): Darién J. Davis
- Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (UK)
- Publication Date: 15 Dec. 2006
- Language: English
- Print length: 298 pages
- ISBN-10: 0742541304
- ISBN-13: 9780742541306
Book Description
The contributors engage readers interested in the African diaspora in a series of vigorous debates ranging from agency and resistance to transculturation, displacement, cross-national dialogue, and popular culture. Documenting the array of diverse voices of Afro-Latin Americans throughout the region, this interdisciplinary book brings to life both their histories and contemporary experiences.
Contributions by: Aviva Chomsky, Darién J. Davis, Dario Euraque, Sujatha Fernandes, David Geggus, Aline Helg, Ricardo D. Salvatore, Eduardo Silva, Jason Stanyek, Camilla Townsend, Bobby Vaughn, Ben Vinson III, and Judith Michelle Williams
Editorial Reviews
Review
The contributors have interpreted legacy in a variety of ways, producing a collection that is interesting and informative.
This collection is ambitious both in its scope and success in gathering together the work of an accomplished group of scholars. The book brings the breadth of historical literature on the African diaspora in Latin America to a general audience, but it is composed of works on relatively fresh topics. . . . As a whole, the collection reflects the diversity of blackness in Latin America and the Caribbean. . . . Recommended.
