Backtime Religion in the Danish West Indies

Africana Heritage Religion Beyond Obeah

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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Beskrivning

During the era of slavery in the Danish West Indies, a distinct Africana heritage religion was developed by the enslaved population that relied on performative expression, and Gregory Carter traces this heritage. This spiritualty shared many attributes with other African heritage religions throughout the African Atlantic, including belief in spirit powers, the veneration of ancestors, polyrhythmic music, dance, costumed masquerade performance, reliance on herbalism and spirit mediumship. Simultaneously, they also incorporated Evangelical Lutheran/Moravian Christianity and the practice of altaration. Backtime Religion in the Danish West Indies: Africana Heritage Religion Beyond Obeah contends that the altaration of the human body is key to conceptualizing how enslaved Africans and their descendants contended with the terrible conditions inherent to slavery, the dislocation of spiritual connections from Africa, and built a renewed and living spiritual understanding on the Danish islands. To prevent loss of cultural knowledge and spirituality, the Danish West Indian enslaved community adapted to life on the islands with immediate pragmatism and took in every available means to regain connection to spiritual power available, containing and hiding this spirituality within living human bodies. Through in-depth research, Carter provides insight into how this religious practice, African heritage, and culture continue to impact the present-day Virgin Islands.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-01-08
Mått:152 x 232 x 20 mm
Vikt:500 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Black Atlantic Cultural Series: Revisioning Artistic, Historical, Literary, Psychological, and Sociological Perspectives
Antal sidor:258
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781666963229

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Afrikas historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion

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Gregory Carter is Instructional Assistant Professor of History at Illinois State University, USA.

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This well-research book investigates the comprehensive awareness of the survivability and thriving in contemporary arts and sciences of West Afrakan cultural heritage. Backtime Religion in the Danish West Indies is an exceptional analytical contribution to the body of Caribbean Studies literature on the perseverance of ancestral sacred life practices of West Afrakan spirituality, culture, and heritage that still remain, and are to be included, within the annals of historical cultural legacy research.

Innehållsförteckning

List of FiguresAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1: Theoretical Approaches to the Backtime ReligionChapter 2: Spirit Manifestations on the Volta EstuaryChapter 3: Slave Villages as Altar SpacesChapter 4: The Weed Women: Healers of Body and SpiritChapter 5: Altaration in Dance, Music, and MasqueradeChapter 6: “Do for Do is Not Obeah:” The Danish West Indies and Historical Discourses about ObeahChapter 7: The Plantation Church: Christianity as a Component, not a WholeConclusionBibliographyIndexAbout the Author

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