Gates, Henry Louis.
Black in Latin America / Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - New York : New York University Press, c2011. - xi, 259 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-247) and index.
Brazil : "may Exú give me the power of speech" -- Mexico : "the black grandma in the closet" -- Peru : "the blood of the Incas, the blood of the Mandingas" -- The Dominican Republic : "black behind the ears" -- Haiti : "from my ashes I rise; God is my cause and my sword" -- Cuba : the next Cuban revolution.
Publisher's Weekly, April 2011 Library Journal web only, June 2011 Publisher's Weekly Library Journal web only
Discusses the period of slavery during which over ten and half million Africans were shipped to the Caribbean and Latin America, examines the history of the African presence in Brazil, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Mexico, and Peru, looks at the cultures that originated from these African ancestors, and considers the presence of anti-black racism in Latin America.
Adult Follett Library Resources Adult
9780814732984 (trade) 0814732984
2011007759
Blacks--History.--Latin America
Blacks--Race identity--Latin America.
Slavery--History.--Latin America
Blacks--History.--Latin America
Blacks--Race identity.
Slavery--History.--Latin America
Latin America--Civilization--African influences.
Latin America--Race relations.
Latin America--Civilization.
Latin America--Race relations.
F1419.N4 / G38 2011
980/.00496
Black in Latin America / Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - New York : New York University Press, c2011. - xi, 259 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-247) and index.
Brazil : "may Exú give me the power of speech" -- Mexico : "the black grandma in the closet" -- Peru : "the blood of the Incas, the blood of the Mandingas" -- The Dominican Republic : "black behind the ears" -- Haiti : "from my ashes I rise; God is my cause and my sword" -- Cuba : the next Cuban revolution.
Publisher's Weekly, April 2011 Library Journal web only, June 2011 Publisher's Weekly Library Journal web only
Discusses the period of slavery during which over ten and half million Africans were shipped to the Caribbean and Latin America, examines the history of the African presence in Brazil, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Mexico, and Peru, looks at the cultures that originated from these African ancestors, and considers the presence of anti-black racism in Latin America.
Adult Follett Library Resources Adult
9780814732984 (trade) 0814732984
2011007759
Blacks--History.--Latin America
Blacks--Race identity--Latin America.
Slavery--History.--Latin America
Blacks--History.--Latin America
Blacks--Race identity.
Slavery--History.--Latin America
Latin America--Civilization--African influences.
Latin America--Race relations.
Latin America--Civilization.
Latin America--Race relations.
F1419.N4 / G38 2011
980/.00496