Santería, Vodou and Resistance in Caribbean Literature: Daughters of the Spirits

African-derived religious traditions like Santería and Vodou have long been a site of political, cultural and social...
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Santería, Vodou and Resistance in Caribbean Literature: Daughters of the Spirits by Humphrey, Paul

Santería, Vodou and Resistance in Caribbean Literature: Daughters of the Spirits

$50.93

Santería, Vodou and Resistance in Caribbean Literature: Daughters of the Spirits

$50.93
Author: Paul Humphrey
Format: Paperback
Language: English

African-derived religious traditions like Santería and Vodou have long been a site of political, cultural and social resistance in the Caribbean. Through his focus on the body as the juncture between the physical and spiritual planes, Humphrey's analysis of a number of Caribbean novels and plays foregrounds the complex nature of women's negotiation of religious, social and political life as participants in these marginalized religious communities. Examining works from authors such as Cuban playwright Eugenio Hernández Espinosa (1936-), Haitian novelists Kettly Mars (1958-) and Marie Chauvet (1916-1973), and Cuban-Puerto Rican writer Mayra Montero (1952-), he demonstrates the manner in which the worldviews offered by Santería and Vodou permit the divisions within and between concepts such as gender, sexuality, womanhood, space and nation to be transcended. As a result, not only do these narratives resist and subvert hegemonic and patriarchal discourses, but also provide a means through which the voice of the marginalized can be heard.

Paul Humphrey is Assistant Professor in World Languages and Cultures at Monmouth University, New Jersey.



Author: Paul Humphrey
Publisher: Legenda
Published: 08/30/2021
Pages: 206
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.44d
ISBN: 9781781883938

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