The gut : a Black Atlantic alimentary tract /
"If the head is religion, the gut is magic. Taking up this provocation, this Element delves into the digestive system within transnational Afro-Diasporic religions such as Haitian Vodou, Brazilian Candomblé, and Cuban Lucumí (also called Santería). It draws from the ethnographic and archival re...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2022.
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| Series: | Cambridge elements. Elements in magic.
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| Summary: | "If the head is religion, the gut is magic. Taking up this provocation, this Element delves into the digestive system within transnational Afro-Diasporic religions such as Haitian Vodou, Brazilian Candomblé, and Cuban Lucumí (also called Santería). It draws from the ethnographic and archival record to probe the abdomen as a vital zone of sensory perception, amplified in countless divination verses, myths, rituals, and recipes for ethnomedical remedies. Provincializing the brain as only one locus of reason, it seeks to expand the notion of "mind" and expose the anti-Blackness that still prevents Black Atlantic knowledges from being accepted as such. The Element examines gut feelings, knowledge, and beings in the belly; African precedents for the Afro-Diasporic gut-brain axis; post-sacrificial offerings in racist fantasy and everyday reality; and the strong stomachs and intestinal fortitude of religious ancestors. It concludes with a reflection on kinship and the spilling of guts in kitchenspaces"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 73 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [59]-73). |
| ISBN: | 1009013475 9781009013475 |
| ISSN: | 2732-4079 |