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Spirit service : Vodún and Vodou in the African Atlantic world /

"-Eric Montgomery is based in East Lansing, MI -Christian Vannier is based in Flint, MI -Tim Landry is based in Hartford, CT - The editors of this volume are early in their careers but are making clear and valuable contributions to the field. They are rising stars in a field where it is difficu...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Montgomery, Eric James (Editor), Vannier, Christian, 1975- (Editor), Landry, Timothy R. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2022]
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Christian Vannier and Timothy R. Landry
  • Vodou Genesis: Africans and the Making of a National Religion in Saint-Domingue / Terry Rey
  • Universalism and Syncretism in Beninese Vodún / Douglas J. Falen
  • Crossing Currents: Gorovodu and Yewevodu in Contemporary Togo / Eric J. Montgomery
  • A Prayer for a Muslim Spirit: Islam in Gorovodu / Christian Vannier
  • Where Have All the Ounsi Gone? / Karen Richman
  • Sailing between Local and Global: Vodou in the Modern and Contemporary Arts of Haiti / Natacha Giafferi-Dombre
  • Taking Hold of a Faith / Jeffrey Anderson
  • The Physic(s)ality of Vodún and the (Mis)behavior of Matter / Venise N. Adjibodou
  • Vodou Skins: Making Bodily Surfaces Social in Haitian Vodou Infant Care / Alissa Jordan
  • Spirited Forests and the West African Forest Complex / Timothy R. Landry
  • Vodou, an Inclusive Epistemology: Toward a Queer Ecotheology of Liberation / Nixon S. Cleophat
  • Necroscape and Diaspora: Making Ancestors in Haitian Vodou / Elizabeth McAlister
  • Conclusion: Global Vodún and Vodou-Encounter and Engagement / Eric J. Montgomery and Timothy R. Landry.