Cofradias Afrohispanicas

En Cofradias Afrohispanicas: celebracion, resistencia furtiva y transformacion cultural, Manuel Apodaca Valdez ofrece un estudio de 42 cofradias de afrodescendientes del periodo colonial y seis cofradias contemporaneas aun vivas en cuatro zonas geograficas: Espana, Peru, Mexico y Republica Dominicana. Esta investigacion historica y comparativa de corte trasatlantico analiza datos recogidos en archivos historicos e investigacion de campo. El estudio muestra evidencias de las condiciones sociales, politicas, culturales y espirituales de las personas de origen africano que se integraron en cofradias durante el periodo colonial. Su legado trazo un camino caracterizado por la hibridacion y la transformacion, cimentando las bases para las cofradias afrohispanicas del presente, un fenomeno que el autor interpreta como resistencia furtiva y celebracion de la identidad cultural. ***** In Cofradias Afrohispanicas [Afro-Hispanic Confraternities], Manuel Apodaca Valdez offers an account of forty-two confraternities of African descendants of the colonial period, along with six contemporary confraternities still alive in four geographical regions: Spain, Peru, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic. This historical and comparative trans-Atlantic study analyzes data gathered from archives and field work research. The work shows evidence of the social, political, cultural, and spiritual conditions of the peoples of African descent integrated in confraternities during the colonial time. Their legacy traced a path historically marked by hybridism and transformation laying the foundation for contemporary Afro-confraternities, a phenomenon interpreted by the author as furtive resistance and celebration of cultural identity. Cofradias Afrohispanicasis now available in paperback for individual customers.