Spirit service [electronic resource] : Vodún and Vodou in the African Atlantic world / Eric J. Montgomery, Timothy R. Landry, Christian N. Vannier, editors.

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"-Eric Montgomery is based in East Lansing, MI -Christian Vannier is based in Flint, MI -Tim Landry is based in Hartford, CT - The editors of this volume are early in their careers but are making clear and valuable contributions to the field. They are rising stars in a field where it is difficult to...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Montgomery, Eric James (Editor)
Vannier, Christian, 1975- (Editor)
Landry, Timothy R. (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2022]
Subjects:
Vodou > Caribbean Area.
Vodou > Africa, West.
Online Access:
ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2022 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
Variant Title:
Spirit Service: Vodún and Vodou in the African Atlantic World
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Vodou Genesis : Africans and the making of a National Religion in Saint-Domingue / Terry Rey
  • Universalism and syncretism in Beninese Vodún / Douglas J. Falen
  • Crossing currents : Gorovodu and Yewevodu in Contemporary Togo / Eric J. Montgomery
  • A Prayer for a Muslim spirit : Islam in Gorovodu / Christian Vannier
  • Where have all the Ounsi gone? / Karen Richman
  • Sailing between local and global : vodou in the modern and contemporary arts of Haiti / Natacha Giafferi-Dombre
  • Taking hold of a faith / Jeffrey Anderson
  • The Physic(s)ality of Vodún and the (Mis)behavior of matter / Venise N. Adjibodou
  • Vodou skins : making bodily surfaces social in Haitian Vodou infant care / Alissa Jordan
  • Spirited forests and the West African Forest Complex / Timothy R. Landry
  • Vodou, an inclusive epistemology : toward a queer ecotheology of liberation / Nixon S. Cleophat
  • Necroscape and Diaspora : making ancestors in Haitian Vodou / Elizabeth McAlister.