This collection of 13 comparative and interdisciplinary essays explores 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 a cultural matrix in the region.
This collection of 13 comparative and interdisciplinary essays explores 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 a cultural matrix in the region.
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.
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Acknowledgments Introduction: Religious Syncretism and Caribbean Culture Vodoun, or the Voice of the Gods Women 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 Flagmaker La Regla de Ocha: The Religious System of Santeria From The Sacred Wild to the City: Santeria in Cuba Today From Monkey Tales to Cuban Songs: On Signification Ifa and Interpretation: An Afro-Caribbean Literary Practice Romantic 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 Obeah The Shaman Woman, Resistance, and the Powers of Transformation: A Tribute to Ma Cia in Simone Schwarz-Bart's The Bridge of Beyond Sorcerers, She-Devils, and Shipwrecked Women: Writing Religion in French-Caribbean Literature Trans-Caribbean Identity and the Fictional World of Mayra Montero Glossary Works Cited Notes on Contributors Index
Acknowledgments Introduction: Religious Syncretism and Caribbean Culture Vodoun, or the Voice of the Gods Women 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 Flagmaker La Regla de Ocha: The Religious System of Santeria From The Sacred Wild to the City: Santeria in Cuba Today From Monkey Tales to Cuban Songs: On Signification Ifa and Interpretation: An Afro-Caribbean Literary Practice Romantic 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 Obeah The Shaman Woman, Resistance, and the Powers of Transformation: A Tribute to Ma Cia in Simone Schwarz-Bart's The Bridge of Beyond Sorcerers, She-Devils, and Shipwrecked Women: Writing Religion in French-Caribbean Literature Trans-Caribbean Identity and the Fictional World of Mayra Montero Glossary Works Cited Notes on Contributors Index
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