Vodou en vogue fashioning Black divinities in Haiti and the United States / Eziaku Atuama Nwokocha.

Author/creator Nwokocha, Eziaku Atuama
Format Electronic
Publication InfoChapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2023]
Descriptionxx, 208 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Oxford UNC Press Titles
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SeriesWhere religion lives
Where religion lives. ^A1406485
Contents The gods give looks -- Ad(dress)ing the spirits: color and cloth to show off as Lwa -- Kouzen's makout: labor and money in the economy of Vodou -- How tight is your wrap?: Tensions of race and sexuality in Vodou identity -- Making love to the spirit: sex and dreams in spiritual marriages -- Dènye panse: fashioning lineages into Vodou legacies.
Abstract "In Haitian Vodou, spirits impact Black practitioners' everyday lives, tightly connecting the sacred and the secular. As Eziaku Atuama Nwokocha reveals in this richly textured book, that connection is manifest in the dynamic relationship between public religious ceremonies, material aesthetics, bodily adornment, and spirit possession"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 177-197) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2022043912
ISBN9781469674001 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
ISBN9781469674018 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
ISBN(ebook)

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