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The Transatlantic Dimensions of Ethnicity in the African Diaspora

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This group of essays, resulting from research affiliated with the UNESCO Slave Route Project, explores trans-Atlantic linkages and cultural overlays during the era of slavery and after. The essays concentrate on ethnicity and culture and their manifestations on both sides of the Atlantic and draw on new methodologies and new sources relating to the emergence of the African diaspora, one of the most historical phenomena of the modern era. In exploring the cultural impact of the slave trade in Africa and the Americas, these essays contend that complex, intercontinental forces shaped the African diaspora; the repercussions being felt on both sides of the Atlantic. Rather than considering the Atlantic a barrier, crossed in one direction only, the trans-Atlantic dimensions of slaving revealed here involved a degree of interaction that requires a careful reconsideration of patterns of resistance and accommodation, allowing for an examination of the expectations of the enslaved as well as analysis of the experience of slavery.Personal experience, memory and tradition kept alive cultural forms and expressions, whether through music, poetry or other means. The encounters forced on the ensl

Author Biography

Paul E. Lovejoy is Distinguished Research Professor in History at York University, Canada, David V Trotman is Associate Professor of History and Humanities at York University, Canada, and formerly Master of Founders College.
Release date Australia
January 1st, 2004
Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Contributors
  • Edited by David V Trotman
  • Edited by Paul E. Lovejoy
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Illustrations
1, black & white illustrations
Imprint
Leicester University Press
Pages
256
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Dimensions
156x234x32
ISBN-13
9780826449078
Product ID
1674600

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