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Queering creole spiritual traditions : lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender participation in African-inspired traditions in the Americas / Randy P. Conner ; with David Hatfield Sparks.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Haworth gay & lesbian studiesPublisher: Nwe York : Harrington Park Press, [2004]Copyright date: ©2004Description: 1 online resource (xii, 390 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781317712817 (electronic bk.)
  • 1317712811 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Queering creole spiritual traditionsDDC classification:
  • 299/.6/08664 22
LOC classification:
  • BL65.H64 C67 2004eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Creole spiritual traditions : a bird's-eye view -- Sexual and gender complexity in Yorùbáland? -- Other possible African influences -- Possible indigenous influences of the Western Hemisphere -- Lwa of Vodou -- Orishás of Yorùbá-diasporic spiritual traditions -- Spirits of Brazil -- Divine horses -- Masisi and Madivin -- Bigotry in the Vodou community -- A bridge of the spirits -- Adés, ekedes, and others -- Practitioners of Lucumí/Santería and related religions -- Drag queens, transgender persons, transsexuals -- Prohibitions and discrimination within Yorùbá-diasporic and allied communities -- Divination and interpretation -- Challenges and transformations -- Relationships and ceremonies of union -- HIV/AIDS, Afro ashé, and odô yá -- Notions of self in African-inspired spiritual traditions -- Practioners of Vodou -- Practitioners of Lucumí/Santería/Regla de Ocha, and other Cuban- and Puerto Rican-linked traditions -- Practitioners of Candomblé and other Brazilian traditions -- Practitioners of Orishá reverence, the Ifá tradition, and bridge-builders -- Literature -- Music -- Visual arts.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-359) and index.

Creole spiritual traditions : a bird's-eye view -- Sexual and gender complexity in Yorùbáland? -- Other possible African influences -- Possible indigenous influences of the Western Hemisphere -- Lwa of Vodou -- Orishás of Yorùbá-diasporic spiritual traditions -- Spirits of Brazil -- Divine horses -- Masisi and Madivin -- Bigotry in the Vodou community -- A bridge of the spirits -- Adés, ekedes, and others -- Practitioners of Lucumí/Santería and related religions -- Drag queens, transgender persons, transsexuals -- Prohibitions and discrimination within Yorùbá-diasporic and allied communities -- Divination and interpretation -- Challenges and transformations -- Relationships and ceremonies of union -- HIV/AIDS, Afro ashé, and odô yá -- Notions of self in African-inspired spiritual traditions -- Practioners of Vodou -- Practitioners of Lucumí/Santería/Regla de Ocha, and other Cuban- and Puerto Rican-linked traditions -- Practitioners of Candomblé and other Brazilian traditions -- Practitioners of Orishá reverence, the Ifá tradition, and bridge-builders -- Literature -- Music -- Visual arts.

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