Comparison and connection in the study of Afro-Latin America
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12915704 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark Anderson (0000-0002-6400-8760, University of California, Santa Cruz, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 35-48 |
| Publication date | 2011-12-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African and Black Diaspora An International Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1752-8631 • E-ISSN: 1752-864X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17528631.2012.629433 |
| OpenAlex | W2057858144 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 33 |
This essay examines the relationship between comparison – as a scholarly method and social practice – and the study of transnationalism and diaspora. Attention to transnational and diasporic processes forces us to critically reassess comparison as a scholarly method. However, rather than abandon comparison, scholars interested in transnationalism and diaspora need to recognize the centrality of comparison to transnational encounters and diasporic identity formations. Drawing on the case of the transnational world of the Garifuna between the United States and Honduras, the essay highlights the importance of comparing Garifuna identity formations in both locations in order to understand their multiple relationships to the African (or black) diaspora, and the importance of their own practices of comparison in helping to produce diasporic identities. Paying attention to how social agents make comparisons within specific contexts can provide a fruitful path of inquiry for studies of transnationalism and diaspora
Aesthetics · Centrality · Diaspora · Identity (music · Latin Americans · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Transnationalism · Anthropology · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Latin American and Latino Studies · Law
Sojourners of the Caribbean
The black Atlantic
The Practice of Diaspora
Diaspora Conversions
Bad Boys and Peaceful Garifuna
Carnal Knowledge and Imperial Power
Black Is a Country
Black Atlantic Religion
Race against Empire
Blackness without Ethnicity
Black Is a Country
Race in Another America
Black into White
On the Cunning of Imperialist Reason
Anthropology and Modern Life
Banana Fallout. Class, Color and Culture among West Indians in Costa Rica
The Two Variants in Caribbean Race Relations. A Contribution to the Sociology of Segmented Societies
Beyond Compare
The African Diaspora
Anthropology and Modern Life (Routledge Revivals)
Unfinished Migrations
When Afro Becomes (like) Indigenous
Acts of Misrecognition
The Missteps Of Anti-Imperialist Reason
Afro-Latin Studies
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |