The Role of Memory and Tradition in the Construction of Identity in the Nineteenth-Century Bahamas

Tradition has been defined as practices brought forward from the past into the present. In the context of enslavement and the cultural dislocation that accompanied it, memory became critical in the recreation of tradition. Individual memory contributed to the practices that created new traditions to...

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Main Author: Farnsworth, Paul (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: David Publishing Company 2016
In: Cultural and religious studies
Year: 2016, Volume: 4, Issue: 7, Pages: 411-426
Further subjects:B African-Bahamian identity
B consumer choices
B historical archaeology
B African Diaspora
B memory and tradition
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