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Undercurrents of power : aquatic culture in the African diaspora

Title: Undercurrents of power : aquatic culture in the African diaspora / Kevin Dawson.
Author: Dawson, Kevin (Historian)
Publication: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2018]

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Description

viii, 351 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

The early modern Americas

Uniform Title

Early modern Americas.

Subjects

Boats and boating > Africa > History
Slaves > America > Social conditions
African diaspora > History
Aquatic sports > America > History
Boats and boating > America > History
Africans > America > Ethnic identity > History
Aquatic sports > Africa > History

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-335) and index.

Contents

Introduction : waterscapes of the African diaspora -- Part I. Swimming culture. Atlantic African aquatic cultures : a cross-cultural comparison -- Cultural meanings of recreational swimming and surfing -- Aquatic sports and performance rituals : gender, bravery, and honor -- History from below : enslaved underwater divers -- Undercurrents of power : challenging racial hierarchies from below -- Part II. Canoe culture. African canoe-makers : constructing floating cultures -- Mountains divide and rivers unite : Atlantic African canoemen -- Maritime continuities : African canoes on new world waters -- The floating economies of slaves and slaveholders -- Sacred vessels, sacred waters : the cultural meanings of dugout canoes -- A world afloat : mobile slave communities -- The watermen's song : canoemen's aural waterscapes -- Conclusion : a sea change in Atlantic history -- Epilogue.

Call Number

Sc E 18-411

ISBN

9780812249897
0812249895

LCCN

2017032704

OCLC

994296486

Author

Dawson, Kevin (Historian), author.

Title

Undercurrents of power : aquatic culture in the African diaspora / Kevin Dawson.

Publisher

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2018]

Edition

1st edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

The early modern Americas

Early modern Americas.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-335) and index.

Research Call Number

Sc E 18-411

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