Alan West-Durán

Afro-Cuban Religions and the Arts (eBook, ePUB)

A Dog Has Four Legs but Takes Only One Path

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Afro-Cuban Religions and the Arts: A Dog Has Four LegsBut Takes Only One Path argues for an understanding of Afro-Cuban religions and Vodou through the arts, be it through music, the visual arts, film, or literature. This book examines the philosophical and spiritual facets of religions like Regla de Ocha, Palo, Abakuá, and Vodou, and how deeply embedded they are in Cuban popular culture. Cuban popular music, from son to salsa, timba to rap, offer reflections on Ocha, Palo, and Abakuá influences. Film and visual arts borrow allegory from Regla de Ocha and Palo beliefs. Myth and the Haitian Revolution is embedded throughout the work of Alejo Carpentier, Aimé Césaire, and Derek Walcott. This volume seeks to dialogue with the works of contemporary artists and Caribbean ancestors such as C.L.R. James, Wilson Harris, and Fernández-Retamar, in order to show the impacts that spiritualism, religious belief, and mythology have had on Afro-Cuban art.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781793639837
• Artikelnr.: 74939411

Autorenporträt

Alan West-Durán is professor in the Department of Cultures, Societies, and Global Studies (CSGS) at Northeastern University.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Dogs of Myth, the Dogs of History
Chapter 1: Don't Mess With the Saints: Afro-Cuban Religions and Popular
Music, from María Teresa Vera to Hip Hop
Chapter 2: "A River That Never Rests": Omar Sosa
Chapter 3: Whistling into the Future with the Orishas: "Life is to Whistle"
Chapter 4: Water, Crossroads and Diaspora: Magda Campos-Pons
Chapter 5: Crossroads of History and the Spirits: José Bedia
Chapter 6: All That's Ideology Melts into Flesh: "Juan of the Dead" and
Palero Resilience
Chapter 7: The Haitian Revolution and Vodou: Myth, Muses and History
Postscript: A Dialogue with the Dead
Appendix A: Regla de Ocha (Santeria)
Appendix B: Reglas de Palo
Appendix C: The Abakuá
Appendix D: Vodou
Appendix E: Chart of Comparative Pantheons
(Ocha-Palo-Abakuá-Catholic--Greek)
Appendix F: Vodou Pantheon with Catholic Syncretisms
Appendix G: Afro-Cuban Religious and Vodou Glossary of Terms
Bibliography
Index
About the Author