Vodou en vogue: fashioning Black divinities in Haiti and the United States

"In Haitian Vodou, spirits impact Black practitioners' everyday lives, tightly connecting the sacred and the secular. As Eziaku Atuama Nwokocha reveals in this richly textured book, that connection is manifest in the dynamic relationship between public religious ceremonies, material aesthe...

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Autor principal: Nwokocha, Eziaku Atuama (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Print Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Publicado: Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina Press [2023]
En:Año: 2023
Colección / Revista:Where religion lives
(Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar:B Haití / USA / Vudú / Negros / Experiencia religiosa / Materialidad / Estética
Clasificaciones IxTheo:AD Sociología de la religión
AG Vida religiosa
AZ Nueva religión
KBP América
Otras palabras clave:B Ethnographies
B Black people Religious life
B Vodou Rituals
B Mambos (Vodou) (Massachusetts) (Boston)
B Clothing and dress Religious aspects Voudou
B Material Culture Religious aspects
B Aesthetics Religious aspects
B Mambos (Vodou) (Haití) (Jacmel)
Acceso en línea: Índice
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Literaturverzeichnis
Parallel Edition:Electrónico
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Sumario:"In Haitian Vodou, spirits impact Black practitioners' everyday lives, tightly connecting the sacred and the secular. As Eziaku Atuama Nwokocha reveals in this richly textured book, that connection is manifest in the dynamic relationship between public religious ceremonies, material aesthetics, bodily adornment, and spirit possession"--
Notas:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1469674009