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Queering creole spiritual traditions : lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender participation in African-inspired traditions in the Americas /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Conner, Randy P.
Otros Autores: Sparks, David Hatfield
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Harrington Park Press, [2004]
Colección:Haworth gay & lesbian studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • Lwa of Vodou
  • Orishás of Yorùbá-diasporic spiritual traditions
  • Spirits of Brazil
  • Divine horses
  • Masisi and Madivin
  • Bigotry in the Vodou community
  • A 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
  • Practioners of Vodou
  • Practitioners of Lucumí/Santería/Regla de Ocha, and other Cuban- and Puerto Rican-linked traditions
  • Practitioners of Candomblé and other Brazilian traditions
  • Practitioners of Orishá reverence, the Ifá tradition, and bridge-builders
  • Literature
  • Music
  • Visual arts.