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Series 2: Foreign Missions and Schools, Boxes 190, 192, 193-196 includes folders on 19th century Barbados, Bermuda, Brazil; British Guiana, Spanish Guinea, Haiti, and Jamaica;
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68 p, Traditional Caribbean history has been directed by and focused upon the conquerors who came to the region to colonize and seek profitable resources. Native Caribbean peoples and African slaves used to work the land have been silenced by traditional history so that it has become necessary for modern Caribbean thinkers to challenge that history and recreate it. Alejo Carpentier and Michelle Cliff challenge traditional Caribbean history in their texts, The Kingdom of This World and Abeng, respectively. Each of these texts rewrites traditional history to include the perspectives of natives and the slaves of Haiti and Jamaica. Traditional history is challenged by the inclusion of these perspectives, thus providing a rewritten, revised history.
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311 p, "Consists of research notes and transcriptions of sources on indigenous peoples - focusing especially on caciques and communes - and on black slaves in the corregimiento of Loja. Drawn from notarial records, the Enrique Vacas Galindo collection, and the Archivo Nacional de Historia. Incorporates author's 'La trata de los negros en Loja.'"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Discusses the relationship between economic conditions and discourses surrounding partner choice in Cuba. Holds that economic changes caused by the collapse of the Soviet Union have necessitated strategies economic survival which differ from previously-held ideals of romantic partnerships. Suggests that anxieties surrounding changes in gender and kinship relations also reflect broader concerns about Cuba's social and economic hierarchies and the future of socialism.
Anderson,Jaynie (Editor) and Comité international d'histoire de l'art (Author)
Format:
Book, Edited
Publication Date:
2009
Published:
Carlton, Vic: Miegunyah Press, Melbourne University Publishing
Location:
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International Congress of the History of Art (32nd :; 2008 :; Melbourne, Vic.); Comité International d'Histoire de l'Art, CIHA, The University of Melbourne, 13-18 January 2008., 1108 p., Presents an examination of the effect of globalism on art and art history. Covering different aspects of art, this title explores the themes of conflict, migration and convergence in the visual, symbolic and artistic exchanges between cultures throughout history. Includes Roberto Conduru's "From silence to multiple incorporation: art and Afro-Brazilian religions."
The article presents an examination into the history and influence of the Black community of Montevideo, Uruguay during the 19th and 20th centuries. Details are given noting how the African community of Montevideo became a powerful cultural and advocacy hub for the African diaspora in Latin America. Description is provided regarding the various racial identity issues which manifested themselves in the Uruguayan community during the period along with analysis of the means by which they were addressed such as African journalism, social institutionalism and other forms of cultural production.
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241 p, In Blackness in the White Nation, George Reid Andrews offers a comprehensive history of Afro-Uruguayans from the colonial period to the present. Showing how social and political mobilization is intertwined with candombe, he traces the development of Afro-Uruguayan racial discourse and argues that candombe's evolution as a central part of the nation's culture has not fundamentally helped the cause of racial equality. Incorporating lively descriptions of his own experiences as a member of a candombe drumming and performance group, Andrews consistently connects the struggles of Afro-Uruguayans to the broader issues of race, culture, gender, and politics throughout Latin America and the African diaspora generally.
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369 p., Provides a history of Brazilian racial inequality from the abolition of slavery in 1888 up to the late 1980s, showing how economic, social and political changes in Brazil during the last 100 years have shaped race relations. By examining government policies, data on employment, mainstream and Afro-Brazilian newspapers, and a variety of other sources, Andrews traces pervasive discrimination against Afro-Brazilians over time. He draws his evidence from the country's most economically important state, Sao Paolo, showing how race relations were affected by its transformation from a plantation-based economy to South America's most urban, industrialized society.
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286 p., Discusses the race issues that Argentines had among themselves in the 19th century. A quantitative analysis of available sources conclusively proves that in absolute terms
Afro-Argentine demographic decline did not set in until the second part of the century.
Furthermore, using a wide range of sources (such as photos) Andrews shows the persistence of an active and self-conscious (though internally split) community of colored until, at the least, the early years of the 20th century.
