Title: Activating the past
Description: "Activating the past explores critical historical events and transformations associated with embodied memories in the Black Atlantic world. The assembled case-studies disclose hidden historical references to local and regional encounters with Atlantic modernity, focusing on religious festivals that represent political and economic relationships in "fetishized" forms of power and value."--Back cover.
Subjects: Historiography, African diaspora, Slavery, Blacks, History, Blacks, history, Atlantic provinces, history, Slavery, history, Black people
Places: Atlantic Ocean Region