{"product_id":"when-the-devil-knocks-rene-alexander-craft-9780814252109","title":"When the Devil Knocks: The Congo Tradition and the Politics of Blackness in Twentieth-Century Panama","description":"Despite its long history of encounters with colonialism, slavery, and neocolonialism, Panama continues to be an under-researched site of African Diaspora identity, culture, and performance. To address this void, Ren馥 Alexander Craft examines an Afro-Latin Carnival performance tradition called \"Congo\" as it is enacted in the town of Portobelo, Panama-the nexus of trade in the Spanish colonial world. In \u003ci\u003eWhen the Devil Knocks: The Congo Tradition and the Politics of Blackness in Twentieth-Century Panama, \u003c\/i\u003e Alexander Craft draws on over a decade of critical ethnographic research to argue that Congo traditions tell the story of \u003ci\u003ecimarronaje\u003c\/i\u003e, charting self-liberated Africans' triumph over enslavement, their parody of the Spanish Crown and Catholic Church, their central values of communalism and self-determination, and their hard-won victories toward national inclusion and belonging\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWhen the Devil Knocks\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes the Congo tradition as a dynamic cultural, ritual, and identity performance that tells an important story about a Black cultural past while continuing to create itself in a Black cultural present. This book examines \"Congo\" within the history of twentieth century Panamanian \u003ci\u003eetnia negra\u003c\/i\u003e culture, politics, and representation, including its circulation within the political economy of contemporary tourism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ren馥 Alexander Craft\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814252109\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814252109\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/18\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d","brand":"Ren馥 Alexander Craft","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44059835236607,"sku":"9780814252109","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d7454670-3950-4566-b028-96312048776c.jpg?v=1685060598","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/when-the-devil-knocks-rene-alexander-craft-9780814252109","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}