The gut : a black Atlantic alimentary tract / Elizabeth Pérez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pérez, Elizabeth, 1975- author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in magic, 2732-4087.

Cambridge elements. Elements in magic, 2732-4087

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black people--America--Religion.

Black people.

Digestive organs--Religious aspects--History.

Digestive organs.

Cooking--America--History.

Cooking.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (73 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2022.

Summary:

If the head is religion, the gut is magic. Taking up this provocation, this Element delves into the digestive system within transnational Afro-Diasporic religions such as Haitian Vodou, Brazilian Candomblé, and Cuban Lucumí (also called Santería). It draws from the ethnographic and archival record to probe the abdomen as a vital zone of sensory perception, amplified in countless divination verses, myths, rituals, and recipes for ethnomedical remedies. Provincializing the brain as only one locus of reason, it seeks to expand the notion of 'mind' and expose the anti-Blackness that still prevents Black Atlantic knowledges from being accepted as such. The Element examines gut feelings, knowledge, and beings in the belly; African precedents for the Afro-Diasporic gut-brain axis; post-sacrificial offerings in racist fantasy and everyday reality; and the strong stomachs and intestinal fortitude of religious ancestors. It concludes with a reflection on kinship and the spilling of guts in kitchenspaces.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 19 Dec 2022).

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781009032926

1009032925

9781009033114

1009033115

9781009031530

1009031538