Queering Black Atlantic Religions: Transcorporeality in Candomblé, Santería, and Vodou
Roberto Strongman examines three Afro-diasporic religions--Hatian Vodou, Cuban Lucumí/Santería, and Brazilian Candomblé--to demonstrate how the commingling of humans and the divine during trance possession produce subjectivities whose genders are unconstrained by biological sex.
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Libro |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Durham
Duke University Press
2019
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| En: | Año: 2019 |
| Colección / Revista: | Religious Cultures of African and African Diaspora People Ser.
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| Otras palabras clave: | B
Christianity-African influences
B Religions African influences B Christianity African influences B African Diaspora B Santeria (Cuba) B Homosexuality-Religious aspects B Santeria-Cuba B Candomblé (Brazil) B Homosexuality Religious aspects B Sex-Religious aspects B Vodou-Haiti B Vodou (Haití) B Electronic books B Religions-African influences B Sex Religious aspects B Candomblé (Religion)-Brazil |
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Volltext (Aggregator) |
| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9781478001973 |
| Sumario: | Roberto Strongman examines three Afro-diasporic religions--Hatian Vodou, Cuban Lucumí/Santería, and Brazilian Candomblé--to demonstrate how the commingling of humans and the divine during trance possession produce subjectivities whose genders are unconstrained by biological sex. Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Enter the Igbodu -- Part I. Vodou -- 1. Of Dreams and Night Mares: Vodou Women Queering the Body -- 2. Hector Hyppolite èl Même: Between Queer Fetishization and Vodou Self-Portraiture -- Part II. Lucumí/Santería -- 3. A Chronology of Queer Lucumí Scholarship: Degeneracy, Ambivalence, Transcorporeality -- 4. Lucumí Diasporic Ethnography: Fran, Cabrera, Lam -- Part III. Candomblé -- 5. Queer Candomblé Scholarship and Dona Flor's S/Exua/lity -- 6. Transatlantic Waters of Oxalá: Pierre Verger, Mário de Andrade, and Candomblé in Europe -- Conclusion: Transcripturality -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z. |
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| Notas: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (297 pages) |
| ISBN: | 1478003456 |
