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Fragments of Bone
Neo-African Religions in a New World
Edited by Patrick Bellegarde-Smith
Cloth978-0-252-02968-4
$45.00
Paper978-0-252-07205-5
$20.00
| Pub Date: | 2005 |
| Pages: | 280 pages |
| Dimensions: | 6 x 9 in. |
| Illustrations: | 0 Lines of Music |
African religions as adapted and recontextualized in various New World environments
Fragments of Bone discusses African religions as forms of resistance and survival in the face of Western cultural hegemony and imperialism. The collection is unique in presenting the voices of scholars primarily outside of the Western tradition, speaking on the issues they regard as important. Bellegarde-Smith, himself a priest in the Haitian Vodou religion, brings together thirteen contributors from different disciplines, genders, and nationalities.
Fragments of Bone draws on an impressive range of sources including research, fieldwork, personal interviews, and spiritual introspection to support the provocative thesis that the fragments of the ancestral traditions are fluidly interwoven in the New World African religions as creolized rituals, symbolic systems, and cultural identities.
Subjects:
African Studies / Religion / Anthropology / Black Studies / Caribbean Studies / Latino/Latin American Studies
