ISBN:
1317712811
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9781317712817
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 390 pages)
Ausgabe:
[S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library 2011 Electronic reproduction
Serie:
Haworth gay & lesbian studies
Paralleltitel:
Erscheint auch als Conner, Randy P Queering creole spiritual traditions
DDC:
299/.6/08664
Schlagwort(e):
Homosexuality Religious aspects
;
Afro-Caribbean cults
;
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT ; Spirituality ; Paganism & Neo-Paganism
;
RELIGION ; Comparative Religion
;
Afro-Caribbean cults
;
Homosexuality ; Religious aspects
;
Afroamerikanischer Synkretismus
;
Randgruppe
;
Sexualität
;
Amerika
;
Electronic book
Kurzfassung:
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.
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-359) and index
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Electronic reproduction
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