LEADER 02599oam 2200601I 450 001 9910821619803321 005 20240813012430.0 010 $a1-56023-351-6 010 $a1-315-78387-8 010 $a1-317-71281-1 010 $a1-317-71282-X 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315783871 035 $a(CKB)2550000001262994 035 $a(EBL)1666833 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1666833 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1666833 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10858083 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL589353 035 $a(OCoLC)876513009 035 $a(OCoLC)897457348 035 $a(OCoLC)880440423 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB136773 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001262994 100 $a20180706e20132004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aQueering Creole spiritual traditions $elesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender participation in African-inspired traditions in the Americas /$fRandy P. Conner with David Hatfield Sparks 210 1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (403 p.) 300 $aFirst published by the Haworth Press, 2004. 311 $a1-56023-350-8 311 $a1-306-58102-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 339-359) and index. 327 $ach. 1. Sources -- ch. 2. Divinities and spirits -- ch. 3. Children of the spirits -- ch. 4. Snapshots -- ch. 5. To make the spirit manifest. 330 $aWhat 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 606 $aHomosexuality$xReligious aspects 606 $aAfro-Caribbean religions 615 0$aHomosexuality$xReligious aspects. 615 0$aAfro-Caribbean religions. 676 $a291.17835766 676 $a299.608664 700 $aConner$b Randy P.$01672257 701 $aSparks$b David Hatfield$01672258 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821619803321 996 $aQueering Creole spiritual traditions$94035471 997 $aUNINA