Queering Black Atlantic Religions: Transcorporeality in Candomblé, Santería, and Vodou
Roberto Strongman examines three Afro-diasporic religions--Hatian Vodou, Cuban Lucumí/Santería, and Brazilian Candomblé--to demonstrate how the commingling of humans and the divine during trance possession produce subjectivities whose genders are unconstrained by biological sex.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Durham
Duke University Press
2019
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| In: | Year: 2019 |
| Series/Journal: | Religious Cultures of African and African Diaspora People Ser.
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| Further subjects: | B
Christianity-African influences
B Sex-Religious aspects B Vodou-Haiti B African Diaspora B Electronic books B Religions-African influences B Homosexuality-Religious aspects B Santeria-Cuba B Candomblé (Religion)-Brazil |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9781478001973 |
| Summary: | Roberto Strongman examines three Afro-diasporic religions--Hatian Vodou, Cuban Lucumí/Santería, and Brazilian Candomblé--to demonstrate how the commingling of humans and the divine during trance possession produce subjectivities whose genders are unconstrained by biological sex. Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Enter the Igbodu -- Part I. Vodou -- 1. Of Dreams and Night Mares: Vodou Women Queering the Body -- 2. Hector Hyppolite èl Même: Between Queer Fetishization and Vodou Self-Portraiture -- Part II. Lucumí/Santería -- 3. A Chronology of Queer Lucumí Scholarship: Degeneracy, Ambivalence, Transcorporeality -- 4. Lucumí Diasporic Ethnography: Fran, Cabrera, Lam -- Part III. Candomblé -- 5. Queer Candomblé Scholarship and Dona Flor's S/Exua/lity -- 6. Transatlantic Waters of Oxalá: Pierre Verger, Mário de Andrade, and Candomblé in Europe -- Conclusion: Transcripturality -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z. |
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| ISBN: | 1478003456 |