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Informationen zum Autor Kevin Dawson is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Merced. Klappentext Kevin Dawson is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Merced. Zusammenfassung Kevin Dawson considers how enslaved Africans carried aquatic skills-swimming! diving! boat making! even surfing-to the Americas. Undercurrents of Power not only chronicles the experiences of enslaved maritime workers! but also traverses the waters of the Atlantic repeatedly to trace and untangle cultural and social traditions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Waterscapes of the African Diaspora PART I. SWIMMING CULTURE Chapter 1. Atlantic African Aquatic Cultures: A Cross-Cultural Comparison Chapter 2. Cultural Meanings of Recreational Swimming and Surfing Chapter 3. Aquatic Sports and Performance Rituals: Gender, Bravery, and Honor Chapter 4. History from Below: Enslaved Underwater Divers Chapter 5. Undercurrents of Power: Challenging Racial Hierarchies from Below PART II. CANOE CULTURE Chapter 6. African Canoe-Makers: Constructing Floating Cultures Chapter 7. Mountains Divide and Rivers Unite: Atlantic African Canoemen Chapter 8. Maritime Continuities: African Canoes on New World Waters Chapter 9. The Floating Economies of Slaves and Slaveholders Chapter 10. Sacred Vessels, Sacred Waters: The Cultural Meanings of Dugout Canoes Chapter 11. A World Afloat: Mobile Slave Communities Chapter 12. The Watermen's Song: Canoemen's Aural Waterscapes Conclusion. A Sea Change in Atlantic History Epilogue Notes Index Acknowledgments
