Queering Creole Spiritual Traditions: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Participation in African-Inspired Traditions in the Americas (Paperback)

Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction Background Overview of Book A Note About Terms Chapter 1. Sources Creole Spiritual Traditions: A Birds-Eye View Sexual and Gender Complexity in Yorùbáland? Other Possible African Influences Possible Indigenous Influences of the Western Hemisphere Chapter 2. Divinities and Spirits Lwa of Vodou Orishás of Yorùbá-Diasporic Spiritual Traditions Spirits of Brazil Chapter 3. Children of the Spirits Divine Horses Masisi and Madivin Bigotry in the Vodou Community A Bridge of the Spirits Adés, Ekedes, and Others Practitioners of Lucumí/Santería and Related Religions Drag Queens, Transgender Persons, Transsexuals Prohibitions and Discrimination with Yorùbá-Diasporic and Allied Communities Divination and Interpretation Challenges and Transformations Relationships and Ceremonies of Union HIV/AIDS, Afro Ashé, and Odô Yá Notions of Self in African-Inspired Spiritual Traditions Chapter 4. Snapshots Practitioners of Vodou Practitioners of Lucumí/Santería/Regla de Ocha, and Other Cuban- and Puerto Rican-Linked Traditions Practitioners of Candomblé and Other Brazilian Traditions Practioners of Orishá Reverence, the Ifá Tradition, and Bridge-Builders Chapter 5. To Make the Spirit Manifest Literature Music Visual Arts Conclusion Appendix A. Questionnaire Appendix B. Interviews and Correspondence Glossary Bibliography Index Reference Notes Included