Sacred possessions : Vodou, Santería, Obeah, and the Caribbean

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Sacred possessions : Vodou, Santería, Obeah, and the Caribbean

edited by Margarite Fernández Olmos and Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert

Rutgers University Press, c1997

  • : cloth
  • : pbk

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Works cited: p. 289-299

Includes index

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Volume

: cloth ISBN 9780813523606

Description

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 one central cultural matrix in the region. They ask how these belief systems were affected by differing colonial histories and landscapes, 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. Also included is a photoessay on Cuban Santeria.
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: pbk ISBN 9780813523613

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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.

Table of Contents

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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