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...
| Veröffentlicht in: | International journal of Latin American religions |
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Springer International Publishing
[2019]
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| In: |
International journal of Latin American religions
Jahr: 2019, Band: 3, Heft: 1, Seiten: 212-232 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Ezili Dantor, Geist
/ Haiti
/ Sklavin
/ Religiöse Identität
/ Schwarze Madonna von Tschenstochau
/ Wodu
/ Schutzgeist
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Religionssoziologie; Religionspolitik AZ Neue Religionen KBK Osteuropa KBR Lateinamerika KDB Katholische Kirche |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | 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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| Zusammenfassung: | 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 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: International journal of Latin American religions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s41603-019-00071-5 |