In praise of the ancestors : names, identity, and memory in Africa and the Americas /

In praise of the ancestors : names, identity, and memory in Africa and the Americas /

In Praise of the Ancestors is a revisionist interpretation of early colonial accounts and sources that reveal incongruities in accepted knowledge among the Indigenous peoples of sub-Saharan Africa, the North American Great Lakes regions, and the Andes.

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator: Ramírez, Susan E., 1946- (Author)
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Imprint: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2022]
Series:Borderlands and transcultural studies.
Subjects:
Incas > Moeurs et coutumes.
Incas > Social life and customs.
Iroquois Indians > Social life and customs.
Lulua (African people) > Social life and customs.
Lulua (Peuple d'Afrique) > Moeurs et coutumes.
Names, Personal > Andean > Case studies.
Names, Personal > Iroquois > Case studies.
Names, Personal > Luba-Lulua > Case studies.
Onomastics > Africa, Sub-Saharan > Case studies.
Onomastics > America > Case studies.
Onomastics > Andes > Case studies.
Oral tradition > Case studies.
Tradition orale > Études de cas.
Incas > Social life and customs
Iroquois Indians > Social life and customs
Names, Personal > Andean
Names, Personal > Iroquois
Names, Personal > Luba-Lulua
Onomastics
Oral tradition
America
Andes
Sub-Saharan Africa
Case studies
Online Access:Click here for full text at Project MUSE
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • List of Maps
  • List of Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Alternative Ways of Remembering and Knowing
  • 2. "Positional Inheritance" in Africa
  • 3. The Narration of Ho-De'-No-Sau-Nee (Iroquois) History
  • 4. The Making of Andean Ancestral Traditions
  • 5. Reflections on Oral Traditions as History
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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