When the Devil Knocks : The Congo Tradition and the Politics of Blackness in Twentieth-Century Panama /

When the Devil Knocks : The Congo Tradition and the Politics of Blackness in Twentieth-Century Panama /

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"Despite its long history of encounters with colonialism, slavery, and neocolonialism, Panama continues to be an under-researched site of African Diaspora identity, culture, and performance. To address this void, Renee Alexander Craft examines an Afro-Latin Carnival performance tradition called...

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Main Author: Alexander Craft, Renee
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Manners and customs.
Carnival > Social aspects.
Black people > Rites and ceremonies.
Black people > Ethnic identity.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Caribbean & Latin American.
Carnavals > Aspect social > Panamá.
Carnival > Social aspects > Panama.
Black people > Panama > Ethnic identity.
Black people > Panama > Rites and ceremonies.
Congos (Panamanian people) > Ethnic identity.
Congos (Panamanian people) > Rites and ceremonies.
Panama > Portobelo.
Panama.
Portobelo (Panama) > Social life and customs.
Études ethnographiques.
Ethnographies.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue. Playing (with the) Devil
  • Introduction. Between the Devil and the deep blue sea
  • "Una raza, dos etnias" : the politics of be(com)ing "Afropanameño"
  • Christ, the Devil, and the terrain of blackness
  • Baptizing the Devil : circum-local transmission and translation of culture
  • "Los gringos vienen!" : "The gringos are coming! : race, gender, and tourism
  • Dancing with the Devil at the crossroads : performance ethnography and staging thresholds of difference
  • Dialogical performance, critical ethnography, and the "digital present."

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