Surviving the Americas - Garifuna Persistence from Nicaragua to New York City (Paperback)

The Garifuna are a Central American, Afro-Indigenous people descended from shipwrecked West Africans and local Indigenous groups on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent. For over two centuries, the Garifuna have experienced oppression, exile, and continued diaspora that has stretched their communities to Honduras, Belize, and beyond. However, little has been written about the experiences of the Garifuna in Nicaragua, a community of about 5,000 who live primarily on the Caribbean coast of the country. In Surviving the Americas, Serena Cosgrove, Jose Idiaquez, Leonard Joseph Bent, and Andrew Gorvetzian shed light on what it means to be Garifuna today, particularly in Nicaragua. Their research includes over nine months of fieldwork in Garifuna communities in the Pearl Lagoon on the southern Caribbean coast of Nicaragua and in New York City. The resulting ethnography illustrates the unique social issues of the Nicaraguan Garifuna and how their culture, traditions, and reverence for their ancestors continues to persist.

General

Imprint:	University of Cincinnati Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2021
Authors:	Serena Cosgrove • Jose Idiaquez • Leonard Joseph Bent • Andrew Gorvetzian
Dimensions:	240 x 166 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	200
ISBN-13:	978-1-947602-11-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Black studies Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Indigenous peoples Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
LSN:	1-947602-11-X
Barcode:	9781947602113

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