Archives of Conjure : Stories of the Dead in Afrolatinx Cultures /

In Afrolatinx religious practices such as Cuban Espiritismo, Puerto Rican Santería, and Brazilian Candomblé, the dead tell stories. Communicating with and through mediums' bodies, they give advice, make requests, and propose future rituals, creating a living archive that is coproduced by the...

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Main Author: Otero, Solimar (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: De Gruyter
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2020]
Series:Gender, theory, and religion
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