UID:
edocfu_9959677566902883
Umfang:
1 online resource (338 p.)
ISBN:
0-8223-5040-8
Serie:
Latin America in translation/en traduccio ́n/em traduc ̧a~o
Inhalt:
A historical account of how slaves taken from the Mina Coast (modern-day Benin) to Rio de Janeiro in the eighteenth century reconstructed their identities, partly through Catholic lay brotherhoods.
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One; 1. From Ethiopia to Guinea; 2. Commerce with the Mina Coast; 3. African ''Nations'' and Provenience Groups; Gallery of Illustrations; Part Two; 4. Urban Life and Brotherhoods in the City; 5. Constructing a Religious Norm; 6. Conflict and Ethnic Identity among Mahi; Postscript; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Sprache:
Englisch
