Atlantic Perspectives

Markus Balkenhol is an anthropologist at the Meertens Institute (Amsterdam) who has done fieldwork in Suriname and the Netherlands. He works on issues of colonialism, race, citizenship, cultural heritage, and religion. He has published articles in Social Anthropology/Anthropologie Sociale, African Diaspora, and Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, and is co-editor of the forthcoming book The Secular Sacred. Emotions of Belonging and the Perils of Nation and Religion in Western Europe.

“These essays collectively demonstrate the complexity of the black Atlantic and how it continues to shape the modern world… Recommended.” • Choice“Offers very timely ethnographic explorations of contemporary configurations of the black Atlantic and its endless possibilities, reinventions, rerouting and rerooting… It should be of immense value for graduate students and established scholars in a variety of fields in the humanities and social sciences.” • Jean Muteba Rahier, Florida International University

• List of FiguresIntroduction: Ethnographic Perspectives on the AtlanticMarkus Balkenhol, Ruy Llera Blanes, and Ramon SarróChapter 1. Silent Histories: Deadly Chinos and the Memorialization of a Chinese Imaginary through Afro-Cuban ReligionsDiana Espíríto SantoChapter 2. Of Revelation and Re-Creation: Christian Miracles and African Traditions in the AtlanticRoger SansiChapter 3. Peruvian Israelites: Territorial Narratives and Religious Connections across the AtlanticCarmen González HachaChapter 4. Defending What’s Ours: Asserting Land Rights through Popular Catholicism in a Brazilian QuilomboKaterina ChatzikidiChapter 5. Emergent Atlantics: Black Evangelicals’ Quest for a New Moral Geography in Salvador, Bahia, BrazilBruno ReinhardtChapter 6. The Universal Church of the Kingdom of God in Portugal: Avoiding Stigmas and Building BridgesClaudia SwatowiskiChapter 7. Our Lady of Fátima in Brazil, Iemanjá in Portugal: Afro-Brazilian Religions across the AtlanticClara SaraivaChapter 8. Eight Movements and a Coda on the Baroque AtlanticMattijs van de PortChapter 9. The Spirit(s) of New Orleans: Community Healing through CommemorationRoos DorsmanChapter 10. Imaging the African Diaspora: Cultural Heritage, Religion, and Belonging in the NetherlandsMarkus BalkenholChapter 11. Places of No History in AngolaRuy Llera BlanesChapter 12. Slavery Histories from the Hinterland: Making Indigenous Heritage Landscapes in Western Burkina FasoLaurence DounyChapter 13. A Prophetic Enclave: Religious Heritage and Environmental History in Northern AngolaRamon Sarró and Marina TemudoConclusion: From the Atlantic Point of View: Some Concluding ThoughtsRamon SarróIndex