Sacred Possessions

Vodou, Santería, Obeah, and the Caribbean

Häftad, Engelska, 1997

AvMargarite Fernândez Olmos,Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert

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Sacred Possessions is an unprecedented collection of thirteen comparative and interdisciplinary essays exploring the cross-cultural dynamics of African-based religious systems in the Caribbean. The contributors analyze the nature and liturgies of Vodou, Santeria, Obeah, Quimbois, and Gaga as they form one central cultural matrix in the region. They ask how these belief systems were affected by differing colonial histories and landscapes, and how they affected other cultural expressions (from the oral tradition to popular art and literature), and how they have been perceived and (mis)represented by the West.The book is a unique contribution to the study of the Caribbean as a site of multiculturalism, demonstrating the linkages between anthropology, religion, literature, and popular culture. Also included are a stunning photoessay on Cuban Santeria, a glossary of terms, and an insightful introduction by the editors.

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Utgivningsdatum1997-03-01
Mått152 x 229 x 23 mm
Vikt482 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor325
FörlagRutgers University Press
ISBN9780813523613

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MARGARITE FERNANDEZ OLMOS is the author or coeditor of many books, including The Latino Reader: An American Literary Tradition from 1542 to the Present, U.S. Latino Literature: A Critical Guide for Students and Teachers, Healing Cultures: Art and Religion as Curative Practices in the Caribbean and Its Diaspora, Sacred Possessions: Vodou, SanterÍa, Obeah, and the Caribbean, and Creole Religions of the Caribbean: An Introduction from Vodou and SanterÍa to Obeah and Espiritismo.

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Religious Syncretism and Caribbean CultureVodoun, or the Voice of the GodsWomen Possessed: Eroticism and Exoticism in the Representation of Woman as Zombie"I Am Going to See Where My Oungan Is": The Artistry of a Haitian Vodou FlagmakerLa Regla de Ocha: The Religious System of Santeria From The Sacred Wild to the City: Santeria in Cuba TodayFrom Monkey Tales to Cuban Songs: On Signification Ifa and Interpretation: An Afro-Caribbean Literary PracticeRomantic Voodoo: Obeah and British Culture, 1797-1807"An Article of Faith": Obeah and Hybrid Identities in Elizabeth Nunez-Harrell's When Rocks Dance"Another Poor Devil of a Human Being...": Jean Rhys and the Novel as ObeahThe Shaman Woman, Resistance, and the Powers of Transformation: A Tribute to Ma Cia in Simone Schwarz-Bart's The Bridge of BeyondSorcerers, She-Devils, and Shipwrecked Women: Writing Religion in French-Caribbean LiteratureTrans-Caribbean Identity and the Fictional World of Mayra MonteroGlossaryWorks CitedNotes on ContributorsIndex

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