Creole Religions of the Caribbean, Third Edition: An Introduction by Olmos, Margarite Fernández

Creole Religions of the Caribbean, Third Edition: An Introduction (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781479803484)

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Creole Religions of the Caribbean, Third Edition: An Introduction by Olmos, Margarite Fernández

Creole Religions of the Caribbean, Third Edition: An Introduction

$30.00
Creole Religions of the Caribbean, Third Edition: An Introduction by Olmos, Margarite Fernández

Creole Religions of the Caribbean, Third Edition: An Introduction

$30.00
Format: Paperback
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An updated introduction to the religions developed in the Caribbean region

Creole Religions of the Caribbean offers a comprehensive introduction to the overlapping religions that have developed as a result of the creolization process. Caribbean peoples drew on the variants of Christianity brought by European colonizers, as well as on African religious and healing traditions and the remnants of Amerindian practices, to fashion new systems of belief. From Vodou, Santería, Regla de Palo, the Abakuá Secret Society, and Obeah to Quimbois and Espiritismo, the volume traces the historical-cultural origins of the major Creole religions, as well as the newer traditions such as Rastafari.

This third edition updates the scholarship by featuring new critical approaches that have been brought to bear on the study of religion, such as queer studies, environmental studies, and diasporic studies. The third edition also expands the regional considerations of the diaspora to the US Latinx communities that are influenced by Creole spiritual practices, taking into account the increased significance of material culture?art, music, literature, and healing practices influenced by Creole religions.

Author: Margarite Fernández Olmos, Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert
ISBN-10: 1479803480
ISBN-13: 9781479803484
Publisher: New York University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/23/2022
Pages: 392
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.10d
By Margarite Fernández Olmos
By Margarite Fernández Olmos
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Margarite Fernández Olmos (Author)
Margarite Fernández Olmos is Emerita Professor of Spanish and Latin American literatures at Brooklyn College, City University of New York. She is the author or co-editor of many books, including The Latino Reader: An American Literary Tradition from 1542 to the Present.

Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert (Author)
Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert is Professor of Caribbean culture and literature in the Department of Hispanic Studies and The Environmental Studies Program at Vassar College, where she holds the Sarah Tod Fitz Randolph Distinguished Professor Chair.. She is the author of a number of books and is coeditor with Fernández Olmos of Healing Cultures: Art and Religion as Curative Practices in the Caribbean and its Diaspora.

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