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  • Passages and Afterworlds

    Anthropological Perspectives on Death in the Caribbean

    Modifié par Maarit Forde, Yanique Hume ...
    Collections series Religious Cultures of African and African Diaspora People
    The contributors to Passages and Afterworlds explore death and its rituals across the Caribbean, drawing on ethnographic theories shaped by a deep understanding of the region's long history of violent encounters, exploitation, and cultural diversity. Examining the relationship between living bodies and the spirits of the dead, the contributors investigate the changes in cosmologies and rituals in ... En savoir plus

    $38.99 CAD

  • Obeah and Other Powers

    The Politics of Caribbean Religion and Healing

    Modifié par Maarit Forde, Diana Paton ...
    In Obeah and Other Powers, historians and anthropologists consider how marginalized spiritual traditions—such as obeah, Vodou, and Santería—have been understood and represented across the Caribbean since the seventeenth century. In essays focused on Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, and the wider Anglophone Caribbean, the contributors explore the fields of power ... En savoir plus

    $43.99 CAD

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  • The Lunatic

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    A WASHINGTON POST BEST BOOK OF THE YEARBased on an unprecedented eighteen-year study, the center of this riveting book are three engaging streetwise brothers who provide powerful testimony to the exigencies of life lived on the social and economic margins. With profound lessons regarding the intersection of social forces and individual choices, Black succeeds in putting a human face on some of the ... En savoir plus

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  • True Paranormal Mystery From Haunted Islands

    par Damien Rollins ...
    Most people think of sun, sand, and endless parties when they hear the word 'Caribbean'. In some cases all of that's true, which is why the Caribbean islands remain one of the premier destinations for sun worshippers and party goers worldwide. Here's a not so hidden secret though: the history of the Caribbean is much darker than many people realize.The islands of the Caribbean became prized ... En savoir plus

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  • The Age of Garvey

    How a Jamaican Activist Created a Mass Movement and Changed Global Black Politics

    par Adam Ewing ...
    Collections series America in the World
    A groundbreaking exploration of Garveyism's global influence during the interwar years and beyondJamaican activist Marcus Garvey (1887–1940) organized the Universal Negro Improvement Association in Harlem in 1917. By the early 1920s, his program of African liberation and racial uplift had attracted millions of supporters, both in the United States and abroad. The Age of Garvey presents an ... En savoir plus

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  • Afro-Caribbean Religions

    An Introduction to Their Historical, Cultural, and Sacred Traditions

    par Nathaniel Samuel Murrell ...
    Religion is one of the most important elements of Afro-Caribbean culture linking its people to their African past, from Haitian Vodou and Cuban Santeria—popular religions that have often been demonized in popular culture—to Rastafari in Jamaica and Orisha-Shango of Trinidad and Tobago. In Afro-Caribbean Religions, Nathaniel Samuel Murrell provides a comprehensive study that respectfully traces the ... En savoir plus

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  • Once Upon a Reef

    A Dominican Adventure

    par Chap Harper ...
    In September of 2007 Chris Zacharius and three other divers recovered  a single engine plane from the restricted dive waters of the Silver Banks between the Dominican Republic and the Turks and Caicos Islands. It was loaded with treasure that belonged to the dictator Rafael Trujillo. They would soon learn that a much larger treasure was hidden elsewhere in the Dominican Republic that could be ... En savoir plus

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  • Cuba in Revolution

    A History since the Fifties

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  • Legendary Pirates: The Life and Legacy of Captain Henry Morgan

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    *Includes historic illustrations depicting Morgan and important events in his life.*Includes excerpts from an account of Morgan's piracy written by his ship's surgeon.*Analyzes Morgan's legacy and current efforts to find some of his sunken pirate ships.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents. The people who have lived outside the boundaries of normal societies ... En savoir plus

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