Browsing by Subject "African Diaspora"
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American Realities, Diasporic Dreams: Pursuing Happiness, Love, and Girlfriendship in Jamaica
(2009)At the heart of "American Realities, Diasporic Dreams" lies the following question: How and why do people generate longings for diasporic experience, and what might this have to do with nationally-specific affective and ... -
Converting Spanish Hispaniola: Race, Nation, and the A.M.E. Church in Santo Domingo, 1872-1904
(2017)This dissertation employs a diasporic framework to study the intersections of race, religion, and nationalism in Dominican society. It argues that in a country where elites have used state power and historiography to define ... -
Sonic Records: Listening to Early Afro-Atlantic Literature and Music, 1650-1850
(2017)“Sonic Records” explores representations of early African diasporic musical life in literature. Rooted in an effort to recover the early history of an influential arts movement, the project also examines literature and sound ...
