Afro-Asian Connections in Latin America and the Caribbean

This volume explores the connections between people of Asian and African descent in Latin America and the Caribbean, focusing specifically on how they negotiated shared social spaces and experiences to develop what in many cases would become a fusion of cultures.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Afro and Chinese Depictions in Peruvian Social Discourse at the Turn of the 20^th Century

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Chapter 5 Parallels and Intersections: Literary Depictions of the Lives of Chinese and Africans in 19^th Century and Early 20^th Century Cuba

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Chapter 9 La Mulata Achinada: Bodies, Gender, and Authority in Afro-Chinese Religion in Cuba

About the author

Edited by Luisa Marcela Ossa and Debbie Lee-DiStefano - Contributions by Dania Abreu-Torres; Linda Aïnouche; Malathi Michelle Iyengar; Debbie Lee-DiStefano; Anne-Marie Lee-Loy; Kathleen López; Mey-Yen Moriuchi; Luisa Marcela Ossa; Zelideth María Rivas; Ma

Summary

This volume explores the connections between people of Asian and African descent in Latin America and the Caribbean, focusing specifically on how they negotiated shared social spaces and experiences to develop what in many cases would become a fusion of cultures.

Product details

• Authors: Luisa Marcela Lee-Distefano Ossa
• Assisted by: Debbie Lee-DiStefano (Editor), Lee-DiStefano Debbie (Editor), Luisa Marcela Ossa (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9781498587105
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-8710-5
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Black Diasporic Worlds: Origins and Evolutions from New World Slaving
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Latin America, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, Asia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Africa, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, Caribbean islands, Politics & government, Migration, immigration & emigration, Regional Studies, Latin America - Mexico, Central America, South America