Kevin Dawson

Undercurrents of Power

Aquatic Culture in the African Diaspora

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Kevin Dawson is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Merced.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. März 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 703g
• ISBN-13: 9780812249897
• ISBN-10: 0812249895
• Artikelnr.: 49136477

Autorenporträt

Kevin Dawson is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Merced.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Waterscapes of the African Diaspora
PART I. SWIMMING CULTURE
Chapter 1. Atlantic African Aquatic Cultures: A Cross-Cultural Comparison
Chapter 2. Cultural Meanings of Recreational Swimming and Surfing
Chapter 3. Aquatic Sports and Performance Rituals: Gender, Bravery, and
Honor
Chapter 4. History from Below: Enslaved Underwater Divers
Chapter 5. Undercurrents of Power: Challenging Racial Hierarchies from
Below
PART II. CANOE CULTURE
Chapter 6. African Canoe-Makers: Constructing Floating Cultures
Chapter 7. Mountains Divide and Rivers Unite: Atlantic African Canoemen
Chapter 8. Maritime Continuities: African Canoes on New World Waters
Chapter 9. The Floating Economies of Slaves and Slaveholders
Chapter 10. Sacred Vessels, Sacred Waters: The Cultural Meanings of Dugout
Canoes
Chapter 11. A World Afloat: Mobile Slave Communities
Chapter 12. The Watermen's Song: Canoemen's Aural Waterscapes
Conclusion. A Sea Change in Atlantic History
Epilogue
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments