03543oam 22006254a 450 991055276580332120220425205909.00-8142-7372-6(CKB)3710000000410317(SSID)ssj0001457895(PQKBManifestationID)12556783(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001457895(PQKBWorkID)11441948(PQKB)11430982(OCoLC)902909715(MdBmJHUP)muse42229(EXLCZ)99371000000041031720141125d2015 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrWhen the Devil KnocksThe Congo Tradition and the Politics of Blackness in Twentieth-Century Panama /Renee Alexander CraftColumbus :Ohio State University Press,2015.©2015.1 online resourceBlack performance and cultural criticismBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8142-1270-0 Includes bibliographical references and index."Despite its long history of encounters with colonialism, slavery, and neocolonialism, Panama continues to be an under-researched site of African Diaspora identity, culture, and performance. To address this void, Renee Alexander Craft examines an Afro-Latin Carnival performance tradition called "Congo" as it is enacted in the town of Portobelo, Panama-the nexus of trade in the Spanish colonial world. In When the Devil Knocks: The Congo Tradition and the Politics of Blackness in Twentieth-Century Panama, Alexander Craft draws on over a decade of critical ethnographic research to argue that Congo traditions tell the story of cimarronaje, charting self-liberated Africans' triumph over enslavement, their parody of the Spanish Crown and Catholic Church, their central values of communalism and self-determination, and their hard-won victories toward national inclusion and belonging. When the Devil Knocks analyzes the Congo tradition as a dynamic cultural, ritual, and identity performance that tells an important story about a Black cultural past while continuing to create itself in a Black cultural present. This book examines "Congo" within the history of twentieth century Panamanian etnia negra culture, politics, and representation, including its circulation within the political economy of contemporary tourism"--Provided by publisher.LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin AmericanbisacshCarnivalSocial aspectsPanamaBlack peoplePanamaEthnic identityBlack peoplePanamaRites and ceremoniesCongos (Panamanian people)Ethnic identityCongos (Panamanian people)Rites and ceremoniesPortobelo (Panama)Social life and customsElectronic books.LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American.CarnivalSocial aspectsBlack peopleEthnic identity.Black peopleRites and ceremonies.Congos (Panamanian people)Ethnic identity.Congos (Panamanian people)Rites and ceremonies.305.80097287LIT004100bisacshAlexander Craft Renee1973-1214145MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910552765803321When the Devil Knocks2803909UNINA