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Queering Black Atlantic religions : transcorporeality in Candomblé, Santería, and Vodou /

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Examines Haitian Vodou, Cuban Lucumí/Santería, and Brazilian Candomblé to demonstrate how religious rituals of trance possession allow humans to understand themselves as embodiments of the divine. In these rituals, the commingling of humans and the divine produces gender identities that are independ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Strongman, Roberto, 1971- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2019.
Series:Religious cultures of African and African diaspora people.
Subjects:
Black people > Religious life > Atlantic Ocean Region.
Afro-Caribbean religions > Atlantic Ocean Region.
Christianity > African influences.
Religions > African influences.
Gender identity > Atlantic Ocean Region > Religious aspects.
Trance > Atlantic Ocean Region > Religious aspects.
Homosexuality > Atlantic Ocean Region > Religious aspects.
Spirit possession > Atlantic Ocean Region.
Vodou > Haiti.
Santeria > Cuba.
Candomblé > Brazil.
Africains > Pays étrangers.
Homosexualité > Aspect religieux.
Vaudou > Haïti.
Santeria (Culte) > Cuba.
Candomblé > Brésil.
African diaspora
Candomblé (Religion)
Christianity > African influences
Homosexuality > Religious aspects
Religions > African influences
Santeria
Sex > Religious aspects
Vodou
Brazil
Cuba
Haiti
Sexual orientation.

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Call Number: BL625.25 .S77 2019
Notes: Donated by Don Kelly. 20220309
 
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