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This Spot of Ground

Autor Carol B. Duncan
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 oct 2012

"This Spot of Ground: Spiritual Baptists in Toronto" represents the first detailed exploration of an African-Caribbean religion in the context of contemporary migration to Canada. Toronto is home to Canadas largest black population, a significant portion of which comprises Caribbean migrants and their descendants.

This book shows how the development of the Spiritual Baptist religion in Canada has been shaped by the immigration experiences of church members, the large majority of whom are women, and it examines the ways in which religious experiences have mediated the members experiences of migration and everyday life in Canada. "This Spot of Ground" is based on a critical ethnography, with in-depth interviews and participant observations of church services and other ritual activities, including baptism and pilgrimage and field research in Trinidad that explores the transnational linkages with Spiritual Baptists there. The book addresses theoretical and methodological issues also, including the development of perspectives suitable for examining diasporic African religious and cultural expressions characterized by transnational migration, an emphasis on oral tradition as the repository of cultural history, and linguistic and cultural hybridity.

"This Spot of Ground" contributes new information to the study of Caribbean religion and culture in the diaspora, providing a detailed examination of the significance of religion in the immigration process and identity and community formations of Caribbean people in Canada. "

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781554588459
ISBN-10: 1554588456
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 153 x 231 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: Wilfrid Laurier University Press

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Table of Contents for This Spot of Ground: Spiritual Baptists in Toronto by Carol B. Duncan

Preface

Acknowledgments

INTRODUCTION

The Research Setting

The Study as a "Talking Book"

Travessao

Book Overview

1. "A PASSPORT TO HEAVEN'S GATE"

Introduction

"Heaven's Gate": Canada in the North American and Caribbean Black Imaginary

Church-Ship: Spiritual Voyaging

Spiritual Baptists in Multicultural Canada: Considering Religious and National Identities in Migration

Countercultures of Modernity and the Problem of Multiculturalism

A Historical Overview of Multiculturalism in Canada

Multiculturalism in the Spiritual Baptist Church

Spiritual Baptist Perceptions and Experiences of Multiculturalism in Canada

Conclusion

2. "THIS SPOT OF GROUND": THE EMERGENCE OF SPIRITUAL BAPTISTS IN TORONTO

Introduction

Origins of the Spiritual Baptist Church in the Caribbean

"This Spot of Ground": The Spiritual Baptist Church as "Homeplace" in Toronto

The Founding of the First Spiritual Baptist Church in Toronto (1975-1980)

Toronto Spiritual Baptist Church Organization

Conclusion

3. "SO SPIRITUALLY, SO CARNALLY": SPIRITUAL BAPTIST RITUAL, THEOLOGY, AND THE EVERYDAY WORLD IN TORONTO

Introduction

"So Carnally, So Spiritually"

Ritual as Performance and Social Commentary

Joining the Spiritual Baptist Church in Toronto

Coming to Canada

Work Experiences

"It Hurt Me Feelings": Naming Racism

"I Say You Can Call Me 'Damn Bitch'...Just Don't Call Me 'Madam'!": Challenging Sexist Racism

The Church as Community: Support Networks in the Spiritual Baptist Church

Conclusion

4. "AFRICALAND": "AFRICA" in TORONTO SPIRITUAL BAPTIST EXPERIENCE

Introduction

Africaland

Sacred Space and Place in the Spiritual Baptist Church

Sacred Time in the Spiritual Baptist Church

Travelling to Africaland

Africa as Eden

Africaland and the African Diaspora

Conclusion

5. "DEY GIVE ME A HOUSE TO GATHER IN DI CHIL'REN": MOTHERS AND DAUGHTER IN THE SPIRITUAL BAPTIST CHURCH

Introduction

An Overview of Domestic Service in Canada

The Mothers of the Church

Family in the Spirit: Extended Family in the Spiritual Baptist Church

"If You Don't Come to Me, I'm Coming to You": Ancestral Mother

"Dey Give Me a House to Gather in di Chil'ren": Spiritual Mother/Carnal Mother

"God Has Work for You to Do": Nation Mother

"It Makes You Feel Like Home": Spiritual Daughter

Conclusion

6. AUNT(Y) JEMIMA IN TORONTO SPIRITUAL BAPTIST EXPERIENCES: SPIRITUAL MOTHER OR SERVILE WOMAN?

Introduction

"Seeing" Aunt Jemima

(Re)Turning the Gaze on Aunt(y) Jemima

Re-reading Aunt(y) Jemima and the Creole Woman

Tie-head Woman

Head-ties and the Social Construction of Identity

Conclusion

CONCLUSION

"To Pick It Up and Take It Forward"


Bibliography

Index


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