In Her Own Image: Slave Women and the Re-imagining of the Polish Black Madonna as Ezili Dantò, the Fierce Female Lwa of Haitian Vodou
This article negates the stereotypes of slave women in Haiti as weak, passive and compliant to colonialism and also challenges the archetype of hypersexualised bodies without minds. The Vodou Lwa Ezili Dantò is discussed with the aim to reclaim a cogitating Black female subjectivity. We evince that...
| Published in: | International journal of Latin American religions |
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| Authors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Springer International Publishing
[2019]
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| In: |
International journal of Latin American religions
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ezili Dantor, Spirit
/ Haiti
/ Slave woman
/ Religious identity
/ Schwarze Madonna von Tschenstochau
/ Voodooism
/ Protective spirit
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AZ New religious movements KBK Europe (East) KBR Latin America KDB Roman Catholic Church |
| Further subjects: | B
Slavery
B Women B Haiti B Polish Black Madonna B Agency B Afro-Caribbean B Africa B Anthropology B Ezili Dantò B Gender B LGBTQ B Possession B Black women B lwa B Vodou |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Summary: | This article negates the stereotypes of slave women in Haiti as weak, passive and compliant to colonialism and also challenges the archetype of hypersexualised bodies without minds. The Vodou Lwa Ezili Dantò is discussed with the aim to reclaim a cogitating Black female subjectivity. We evince that slave women's agency, their creativity and resistance to colonial paradigms were manifested in sacrality, as we explore how the Polish Black Madonna became Haitian Vodou spirit Ezili Dantò. We uncover what female metaphysics reveal about the memories, complexities and identities of the women responsible for their engendering. |
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| ISSN: | 2509-9965 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: International journal of Latin American religions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s41603-019-00071-5 |