Renée Alexander Craft
Biographic Data
| ID | 197894 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Renée Alexander Craft |
| GIVEN NAMES | Renée Alexander |
| FAMILY NAME | Craft |
| SIGNATURE | CRAFT R A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Politics of Race in Panama: Afro-Hispanic and West Indian Literary Discourses of Contention, written by Sonja Stephenson Watson
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Portobelo, Panama is a small town located on the Caribbean coast of Panama whose tourism reflects a cultural heritage rooted in Spanish colonialism and African resistance. Once a nexus for trade in the Spanish colonial world, contemporary Portobelo is an Afro-Latin community known for its natural beaches, colonial forts, a festival dedicated to El Nazareno (the “Black Christ”), and an Afro-Latin carnival tradition called “Congo.” With Congo carni…
"Los Gringos Vienen!" (The Gringos Are Coming): Female Respectability and the Politics of Congo Tourist Presentations in Portobelo, Panama
“¡Los gringos vienen!” focuses on the ways a particular Afro-Latin community in Portobelo, Panama, who call themselves and their performance tradition “Congo,” negotiate encounters with global tourists. In so doing, it links notions of “respectability” with double-consciousness to explore differences between female Congo “local” and “like-local” performances. “Like-local” names Congo “packaged” presentations intended primarily for global tourists…
Una Raza, Dos Etnias: The Politics Of Be(com)ing/Performing 'Afropanameño
This article analyzes 20th-century black identity in Panamá by examining how two distinct points on a spectrum of Panamanian blackness came to fit strategically (although sometimes contentiously) under the category ‘Afropanameño’ at the end of the 20th century. The dynamism of contemporary blackness in Panamá exists around the politics of Afrocolonial (Colonial Black) and Afroantillano (Black West Indian) identities as they have been created, con…
"Los Gringos Vienen!" (The Gringos Are Coming): Female Respectability and the Politics of Congo Tourist Presentations in Portobelo, Panama
“¡Los gringos vienen!” focuses on the ways a particular Afro-Latin community in Portobelo, Panama, who call themselves and their performance tradition “Congo,” negotiate encounters with global tourists. In so doing, it links notions of “respectability” with double-consciousness to explore differences between female Congo “local” and “like-local” performances. “Like-local” names Congo “packaged” presentations intended primarily for global tourists…
Una Raza, Dos Etnias: The Politics Of Be(com)ing/Performing 'Afropanameño
This article analyzes 20th-century black identity in Panamá by examining how two distinct points on a spectrum of Panamanian blackness came to fit strategically (although sometimes contentiously) under the category ‘Afropanameño’ at the end of the 20th century. The dynamism of contemporary blackness in Panamá exists around the politics of Afrocolonial (Colonial Black) and Afroantillano (Black West Indian) identities as they have been created, con…
"Los Gringos Vienen!" (The Gringos Are Coming): Female Respectability and the Politics of Congo Tourist Presentations in Portobelo, Panama
“¡Los gringos vienen!” focuses on the ways a particular Afro-Latin community in Portobelo, Panama, who call themselves and their performance tradition “Congo,” negotiate encounters with global tourists. In so doing, it links notions of “respectability” with double-consciousness to explore differences between female Congo “local” and “like-local” performances. “Like-local” names Congo “packaged” presentations intended primarily for global tourists…
Una Raza, Dos Etnias: The Politics Of Be(com)ing/Performing 'Afropanameño
This article analyzes 20th-century black identity in Panamá by examining how two distinct points on a spectrum of Panamanian blackness came to fit strategically (although sometimes contentiously) under the category ‘Afropanameño’ at the end of the 20th century. The dynamism of contemporary blackness in Panamá exists around the politics of Afrocolonial (Colonial Black) and Afroantillano (Black West Indian) identities as they have been created, con…
The Politics of Race in Panama: Afro-Hispanic and West Indian Literary Discourses of Contention, written by Sonja Stephenson Watson
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Portobelo, Panama is a small town located on the Caribbean coast of Panama whose tourism reflects a cultural heritage rooted in Spanish colonialism and African resistance. Once a nexus for trade in the Spanish colonial world, contemporary Portobelo is an Afro-Latin community known for its natural beaches, colonial forts, a festival dedicated to El Nazareno (the “Black Christ”), and an Afro-Latin carnival tradition called “Congo.” With Congo carni…
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