Undercurrents of Power : : Aquatic Culture in the African Diaspora / / Kevin Dawson.
Long before the rise of New World slavery, West Africans were adept swimmers, divers, canoe makers, and canoeists. They lived along riverbanks, near lakes, or close to the ocean. In those waterways, they became proficient in diverse maritime skills, while incorporating water and aquatics into spirit...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2018] ©2018 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Early Modern Americas
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (360 p.) :; 29 illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- 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
- Acknowledgements