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Zusatztext "The contributions to this volume cover a great diversity of topics from multiple perspectives. It constitutes a welcome addition to the literature on the Upper Guinea Coast! particularly by taking an anthropological approach to a region that has for the most part been studied historically." · Philip Jan Havik ! Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical! Portugal "This collection's list of contributors and interdisciplinary scope are impressive. Gathered here are chapters from historians! anthropologists! sociologists! and political scientists! all of which mesh together well in a volume that will attract the attention of regional specialists and scholars interested in the continent more broadly." · Walter Hawthorne ! Michigan State University Informationen zum Autor Jacqueline Knörr is a social anthropologist. She is Head of Research Group at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology and Extraordinary Professor at the Martin Luther University in Halle (Saale), Germany. Christoph Kohl was a doctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle (Saale) and currently works as a security policy analyst and advisor. Klappentext For centuries, Africa's Upper Guinea Coast region has been the site of regional and global interactions, with societies from different parts of the African continent and beyond engaging in economic trade, cultural exchange and various forms of conflict. This book provides a wide-ranging look at how such encounters have continued into the present day, identifying the disruptions and continuities in religion, language, economics and various other social phenomena. These accounts show a region that, while still grappling with the legacies of colonialism and the slave trade, is both shaped by and an important actor within ever-denser global networks, exhibiting consistent transformation and creative adaptation. Zusammenfassung For centuries, Africa’s Upper Guinea Coast region has been the site of regional and global interactions, with societies from different parts of the African continent and beyond engaging in economic trade, cultural exchange and various forms of conflict. This book provides a wide-ranging look at how such encounters have continued into the present day, identifying the disruptions and continuities in religion, language, economics and various other social phenomena. These accounts show a region that, while still grappling with the legacies of colonialism and the slave trade, is both shaped by and an important actor within ever-denser global networks, exhibiting consistent transformation and creative adaptation. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Maps and Figures Introduction: The Upper Guinea Coast in Global Perspective Jacqueline Knörr and Christoph Kohl PART I: CREOLE CONNECTIONS Chapter 1. Towards a Definition of Transnational as a Family Construct: An Historical and Micro Perspective Bruce L. Mouser Chapter 2. Lusocreole Culture and Identity Compared: The Cases of Guinea-Bissau and Sri Lanka Christoph Kohl Chapter 3. Freetown's Yoruba-modelled Secret Societies as Transnational and Trans-ethnic Mechanisms for Social Integration Nathaniel King PART II: DIASPORIC ENTANGLEMENTS Chapter 4. Contested Transnational Spaces: Debating Emigrants' Citizenship and Role in Guinean Politics Anita Schroven Chapter 5. Identity beyond ID - Diaspora within the Nation Markus Rudolf Chapter 6. The African 'Other' in the Cape Verde Islands: Interaction, Integration and the Forging of an Immigration Policy Pedro F. José-Marcelino Chapter 7. Celebrating Asymmetries - Creole Stratification and the Regrounding of Home in Cape Verdean Migrant Return Visits He...
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Jacqueline Knörr is Head of Research Group at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology and Extraordinary Professor at the Martin Luther University in Halle/Saale, Germany. She was brought up in Ghana and Germany and conducted extensive field research in Indonesia, West Africa and Central Europe. She has worked as Senior Lecturer, Senior Researcher, University Professor, Scientific Director, Consultant and Political Advisor. Her research and publications focus on the political anthropology of postcolonial societies, decolonization, nationalism, identity politics, ethno-linguistics, gender, and childhood.
