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Queering Creole Spiritual Traditions : Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Participation in African-Inspired Traditions in the Americas.
What roles do queer and transgender people play in the African diasporic religions? Queering Creole Spiritual Traditions: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Participation in African-Inspired Traditions in the Americas is a groundbreaking scholarly exploration of this long-neglected subject. It...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; About the Authors; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Background; Overview of Book; A Note About Terms; Chapter 1. Sources; Creole Spiritual Traditions: A Bird's-Eye View; Sexual and Gender Complexity in Yorùbáland?; Other Possible African Influences; Possible Indigenous Influences of the Western Hemisphere; Chapter 2. Divinities and Spirits; Lwa of Vodou; Orishás of Yorùbá-Diasporic Spiritual Traditions; Spirits of Brazil; Chapter 3. Children of the Spirits; Divine Horses; Masisi and Madivin.
- Bigotry in the Vodou CommunityA Bridge of the Spirits; Adés, Ekedes, and Others; Practitioners of Lucumí/Santería and Related Religions; Drag Queens, Transgender Persons, Transsexuals; Prohibitions and Discrimination within Yorùbá-Diasporic and Allied Communities; Divination and Interpretation; Challenges and Transformations; Relationships and Ceremonies of Union; HIV/AIDS, Afro Ashé, and Odô Yá; Notions of Self in African-Inspired Spiritual Traditions; Chapter 4. Snapshots; Practitioners of Vodou.
- Practitioners of Lucumí/Santería/Regla de Ocha, and Other Cuban-and Puerto Rican-Linked TraditionsPractitioners of Candomblé and Other Brazilian Traditions; Practitioners of Orishá Reverence, the Ifá Tradition, and Bridge-Builders; Chapter 5. To Make the Spirit Manifest; Literature; Music; Visual Arts; Conclusion; Appendix A. Questionnaire; Appendix B. Interviews and Correspondence; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.