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

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

Humphrey, Paul

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Series: Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Cultures, Book 12

Literary CriticismGeneral Political ScienceLatino Studies

ISBN10: 1781883939
ISBN13: 9781781883938
Publisher: Legenda
Published: Aug 30 2021
Pages: 206
Weight: 0.74
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.61
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.

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