ISBN:
9780253017017
,
0253017017
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Series Statement:
Blacks in the diaspora
Series Statement:
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE
DDC:
305.8952/16073
Keywords:
Schwarze
;
Sklaverei
;
Herkunft
;
Ethnische Identität
;
Soziale Situation
;
African diaspora History
;
Power (Social sciences) History
;
Africans Ethnic identity
;
History
;
Blacks Ethnic identity
;
History
;
Slaves Social conditions
;
Akan (African people) Social conditions
;
Amerika
;
Togo Emigration and immigration
;
History
;
Côte d'Ivoire Emigration and immigration
;
History
;
Ghana Emigration and immigration
;
History
;
America Ethnic relations
;
History
Abstract:
"Although they came from distinct polities and peoples who spoke different languages, slaves from the African Gold Coast were collectively identified by Europeans as 'Coromantee' or 'Mina.' Why these ethnic labels were embraced and how they were utilized by enslaved Africans to develop new group identities is the subject of Walter C. Rucker's absorbing study. Rucker examines the social and political factors that contributed to the creation of New World ethnic identities and assesses the ways displaced Gold Coast Africans used familiar ideas about power as a means of understanding, defining, and resisting oppression. He explains how performing Coromantee and Mina identity involved a common set of concerns and the creation of the ideological weapons necessary to resist the slavocracy. These weapons included obeah powders, charms, and potions; the evolution of 'peasant' consciousness and the ennoblement of common people; increasingly aggressive displays of masculinity; and the empowerment of women as leaders, spiritualists, and warriors, all of which marked sharp breaks or reformulations of patterns in their Gold Coast past"--Provided by publisher.
URL:
https://muse.jhu.edu/book/42205
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