Bibliograph

Palm oil diaspora, Afro-Brazilian landscapes and economies on Bahia's Dendê Coast, Case Watkins

Type

Label

Palm oil diaspora, Afro-Brazilian landscapes and economies on Bahia's Dendê Coast, Case Watkins

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Palm oil diaspora

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1236897260

Responsibility statement

Case Watkins

Series statement

Afro-Latin AmericaCambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

Afro-Brazilian landscapes and economies on Bahia's Dendê Coast

Summary

Behind the social and environmental destruction of modern palm oil production lies a long and complex history of landscapes, cultures, and economies linking Africa and its diaspora in the Atlantic World. Case Watkins traces palm oil from its prehistoric emergence in western Africa to biodiverse groves and cultures in Northeast Brazil, and finally the plantation monocultures plundering contemporary rainforest communities. Drawing on ethnography, landscape interpretation, archives, travelers' accounts, and geospatial analysis, Watkins examines human-environmental relations too often overlooked in histories and geographies of the African diaspora, and uncovers a range of formative contributions of people and ecologies of African descent to the societies and environments of the (post)colonial Americas. Bridging literatures on Black geographies, Afro-Brazilian and Atlantic studies, political ecology, and decolonial theory and praxis, this study connects diverse concepts and disciplines to analyze and appreciate the power, complexity, and potentials of Bahia's Afro-Brazilian palm oil economy.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Assembling an Afro-Brazilian economy -- African and Atlantic worlds -- Creolization -- An Afro-Brazilian landscape -- South Atlantic exchange -- Landscapes, religions, transitions -- Complexity -- Epilogue: Decolonizing Dendê

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