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When the Devil knocks : the Congo tradition and the politics of blackness in twentieth-century Panama /

"Despite its long history of encounters with colonialism, slavery, and neocolonialism, Panama continues to be an under-researched site of African Diaspora identity, culture, and performance. To address this void, Renée Alexander Craft examines an Afro-Latin Carnival performance tradition called...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alexander Craft, Renée, 1973-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Columbus : Ohio State University Press, 2015.
Series:Black performance and cultural criticism.
Subjects:
Congos (Panamanian people) > Rites and ceremonies.
Congos (Panamanian people) > Ethnic identity.
Blacks > Panama > Rites and ceremonies.
Blacks > Panama > Ethnic identity.
Carnival > Social aspects > Panama.
Portobelo (Panama) > Social life and customs.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American.

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