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Yemoja: Gender, Sexuality, and Creativity in the Latina/o and Afro-Atlantic Diasporas

Solimar Otero

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Description:This is the first collection of essays to analyze intersectional religious and cultural practices surrounding the deity Yemoja. In Afro-Atlantic traditions, Yemoja is associated with motherhood, women, the arts, and the family. This book reveals how Yemoja traditions are negotiating gender, sexuality, and cultural identities in bold ways that emphasize the shifting beliefs and cultural practices of contemporary times. Contributors come from a wide range of fields religious studies, art history, literature, and anthropology and focus on the central concern of how different religious communities explore issues of race, gender, and sexuality through religious practice and discourse. The volume adds the voices of religious practitioners and artists to those of scholars to engage in conversations about how Latino/a and African diaspora religions respond creatively to a history of colonization."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Yemoja: Gender, Sexuality, and Creativity in the Latina/o and Afro-Atlantic Diasporas. To get started finding Yemoja: Gender, Sexuality, and Creativity in the Latina/o and Afro-Atlantic Diasporas, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This is the first collection of essays to analyze intersectional religious and cultural practices surrounding the deity Yemoja. In Afro-Atlantic traditions, Yemoja is associated with motherhood, women, the arts, and the family. This book reveals how Yemoja traditions are negotiating gender, sexuality, and cultural identities in bold ways that emphasize the shifting beliefs and cultural practices of contemporary times. Contributors come from a wide range of fields religious studies, art history, literature, and anthropology and focus on the central concern of how different religious communities explore issues of race, gender, and sexuality through religious practice and discourse. The volume adds the voices of religious practitioners and artists to those of scholars to engage in conversations about how Latino/a and African diaspora religions respond creatively to a history of colonization."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Yemoja: Gender, Sexuality, and Creativity in the Latina/o and Afro-Atlantic Diasporas. To get started finding Yemoja: Gender, Sexuality, and Creativity in the Latina/o and Afro-Atlantic Diasporas, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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