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Queering creole spiritual traditions : lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender participation in African-inspired traditions in the Americas
Record details
- ISBN: 9781560233510
- ISBN: 9781560233503
- ISBN: 1560233516
- ISBN: 1560233508
- ISBN: 9781317712824
- ISBN: 9781317712817
- ISBN: 131771282X
- ISBN: 1317712811
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (xii, 390 pages).
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Computer data. - Publisher: Nwe York : Harrington Park Press, [2004]
- Copyright: �2004
Content descriptions
| General Note: | CatMonthString:january.20 Multi-User. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-359) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Creole spiritual traditions : a bird's-eye view -- Sexual and gender complexity in Yor�ub�aland? -- Other possible African influences -- Possible indigenous influences of the Western Hemisphere -- Lwa of Vodou -- Orish�as of Yor�ub�a-diasporic spiritual traditions -- Spirits of Brazil -- Divine horses -- Masisi and Madivin -- Bigotry in the Vodou community -- A bridge of the spirits -- Ad�es, ekedes, and others -- Practitioners of Lucum�i/Santer�ia and related religions -- Drag queens, transgender persons, transsexuals -- Prohibitions and discrimination within Yor�ub�a-diasporic and allied communities -- Divination and interpretation -- Challenges and transformations -- Relationships and ceremonies of union -- HIV/AIDS, Afro ash�e, and od�o y�a -- Notions of self in African-inspired spiritual traditions -- Practioners of Vodou -- Practitioners of Lucum�i/Santer�ia/Regla de Ocha, and other Cuban- and Puerto Rican-linked traditions -- Practitioners of Candombl�e and other Brazilian traditions -- Practitioners of Orish�a reverence, the If�a tradition, and bridge-builders -- Literature -- Music -- Visual arts. |
| Restrictions on Access Note: | Restrictions unspecified |
| Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Text (HTML), electronic book. |
| Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. |
| System Details Note: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 Mode of access: Internet. |
| Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription. |
| Issuing Body Note: | Made available online by EBSCO. |
| Action Note: | digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve |
| Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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