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...
| Autore principale: | |
|---|---|
| Tipo di documento: | Stampa Libro |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
| Servizio "Subito": | Ordinare ora. |
| Verificare la disponibilità: | HBZ Gateway |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Pubblicazione: |
Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina Press
[2023]
|
| In: | Anno: 2023 |
| Periodico/Rivista: | Where religion lives
|
| (sequenze di) soggetti normati: | B
Haiti
/ USA
/ Voodoo
/ Neri
/ Esperienza religiosa
/ Materialità
/ Estetica
|
| Notazioni IxTheo: | AD Sociologia delle religioni AG Vita religiosa AZ Nuove religioni KBP America |
| Altre parole chiave: | 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) (Haiti) (Jacmel) |
| Accesso online: |
Indice Quarta di copertina Literaturverzeichnis |
| Edizione parallela: | Elettronico
|
| Riepilogo: | "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"-- |
|---|---|
| Descrizione del documento: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1469674009 |