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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453677103321

Autore

Conner Randy P.

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-315-78387-8

1-317-71281-1

1-317-71282-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (403 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SparksDavid Hatfield

Disciplina

291.17835766

Soggetti

Homosexuality - Religious aspects

Afro-Caribbean cults

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published by the Haworth Press, 2004.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-359) and index.

Nota di contenuto

ch. 1. Sources -- ch. 2. Divinities and spirits -- ch. 3. Children of the spirits -- ch. 4. Snapshots -- ch. 5. To make the spirit manifest.

Sommario/riassunto

What roles do queer and transgender people play in the African diasporic religions? Queering Creole Spiritual Traditions: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Participation in African-Inspired Traditions in the Americas is a groundbreaking scholarly exploration of this long-neglected subject. It offers clear insight into the complex dynamics of gender and sexual orientation, humans and deities, and race and ethnicity, within these richly nuanced spiritual practices.  Queering Creole Spiritual Traditions explores the ways in which gender complexity and same-sex intimacy are integral