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Deeply Rooted in the Present: Heritage, Memory, and Identity in Brazilian Quilombos

By Mary Lorena Kenny

© 2018

Asking what it means to be quilombola (descendants of African slaves) in the twenty-first century, Kenny illustrates how heritage and identity do not simply exist, but are continually being constructed to reflect particular historical circumstances. The book includes supplementary exercises that encourage readers to make connections between the case study at hand, their own heritage, and heritage-making efforts in other parts of the world.

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  • Series: Teaching Culture: UTP Ethnographies for the Classroom
  • World Rights
  • Page Count: 192 pages
  • Illustrations: 18
  • Dimensions: 6.1in x 0.5in x 9.0in
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Asking what it means to be quilombola (descendants of African slaves) in the twenty-first century, Kenny illustrates how heritage and identity do not simply exist, but are continually being constructed to reflect particular historical circumstances.

Deeply Rooted in the Present: Heritage, Memory, and Identity in Brazilian Quilombos

By Mary Lorena Kenny

© 2018

Asking what it means to be quilombola (descendants of African slaves) in the twenty-first century, Kenny illustrates how heritage and identity do not simply exist, but are continually being constructed to reflect particular historical circumstances. The book includes supplementary exercises that encourage readers to make connections between the case study at hand, their own heritage, and heritage-making efforts in other parts of the world.

Product Details

  • Series: Teaching Culture: UTP Ethnographies for the Classroom
  • World Rights
  • Page Count: 192 pages
  • Illustrations: 18
  • Dimensions: 6.1in x 0.5in x 9.0in

  • Reviews

    "Grappling with fundamental anthropological questions but written for general readers, this is a key book for students, researchers, and instructors working on race, ethnicity, identity politics, heritage, and memory in Latin America. Deeply Rooted in the Present is a welcome and exciting addition to the rapidly growing field of heritage studies."


    Maria Fernanda Escallón, University of Oregon

    "Kenny provides a rich exploration of the quilombo movement, which has transformed the politics of race, land, and culture throughout Brazil. Throughout, Kenny illuminates the anthropology of heritage, racism, and the making and remaking of culture and identity, resulting in an ideal book for many college courses, not just those focused on Brazil."


    Sean Mitchell, Rutgers University

    "The book engages, in a theoretically sophisticated manner, the thorny complex of heritage and memory in a society still fraught with the legacies of slavery and racism."


    Allan C. Dawson, Drew University

  • Author Information

    Mary Lorena Kenny is Professor of Anthropology at Eastern Connecticut State University. She is the author of Hidden Heads of Households: Child Labor in Urban Northeast Brazil (2007).

  • Table of contents

    List of Figures
    List of Maps
    List of Abbreviations
    Preface
    Acknowledgements

    Introduction

    1. Slavery, Quilombos, and Land

    2. From Enslavement to Quilombolas

    3. Quilombola Identity

    Conclusion

    Further Reading
    Supplementary Exercises
    References
    Index

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