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...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina Press
[2023]
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Series/Journal: | Where religion lives
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Haiti
/ USA
/ Voodooism
/ Blacks
/ Religious experience
/ Materiality
/ Aesthetics
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion AZ New religious movements KBP America |
| Further subjects: | 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) |
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| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | "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"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1469674009 |