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

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Book
Contributor:
Montgomery, Eric James, editor.
Vannier, Christian, 1975- editor.
Landry, Timothy R., editor.
JSTOR (Online Service)
George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Vodou--Caribbean Area.
Vodou.
Vodou--Africa, West.
Physical Description:
1 online resource : illustrations
Place of Publication:
Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2022]
Contents:
Introduction / Christian Vannier and Timothy R. Landry
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
Conclusion: Global Vodún and Vodou-Encounter and Engagement / Eric J. Montgomery and Timothy R. Landry.
Notes:
"This book began as a double panel at the American Anthropological Association annual meetings in Washington, DC, in November 2017 ("Vodun/Vodou Matters")"--Page 379.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 13, 2022).
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
Other Format:
Print version: Spirit service
ISBN:
9780253061935
0253061938
9780253061928
025306192X
Publisher Number:
99992182769
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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