Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface: On Life Betwixt and Between -- Prologue to a Diasporan Journey -- 1. "Africa" in Minnesota -- 2. Ethnographic Grounding -- 3. "Three Parts African": Blood, Heart, Skin, and Memory -- 4. Organizing Across Diasporan Crosscurrents -- 5. The African Body Resistant -- 6. Healing the Mind: Embodying an African Epistemology -- 7. Healing the Body: Reactivating the African Habitus -- 8. Healing the Spirit: Embodying an African Historicity -- Epilogue to a Diasporan Journey -- Appendix A: Research Design, Methods, and Documents -- Appendix B: Cultural Wellness Center and Powderhorn Photographs -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
"'Who is 'African' in a global ecumene? Anthropologist Copeland Carson poses this challenging question in her study of cultural dynamics in Minneapolis-Saint Paul ... Highly recommended."--Choice
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-232) and index