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

Cover -- Half Title -- Where Religion Lives Series -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Gods Give Looks -- Chapter One. Ad(dress)ing the Spirits: Color and Cloth to Show off as Lwa -- Chapter Two. Kouzen'...

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Main Author: Nwokocha, Eziaku Atuama (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina Press 2023
In:Year: 2023
Edition:1st ed.
Series/Journal:Where Religion Lives Series
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Haiti / USA / Voodooism / Blacks / Religious experience / Materiality / Aesthetics
Further subjects:B Electronic books
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:Cover -- Half Title -- Where Religion Lives Series -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Gods Give Looks -- Chapter One. Ad(dress)ing the Spirits: Color and Cloth to Show off as Lwa -- Chapter Two. Kouzen's Makout: Labor and Money in the Economy of Vodou -- Chapter Three. How Tight Is Your Wrap?: Tensions of Race and Sexuality in Vodou Identity -- Color Plates -- Chapter Four. Making Love to the Spirit: Sex and Dreams in Spiritual Marriages -- Dènye Panse: Fashioning Lineages into Vodou Legacies -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
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ISBN:1469674033