Santería, Vodou and Resistance in Caribbean Literature
Daughters of the Spirits
Paul Humphrey
Click cover to enlarge Buy hardback at: Buy paperback at: Booksellers & libraries: | Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Cultures 12 Legenda 25 February 2019 • 206pp ISBN: 978-1-781887-02-8 (hardback) • RRP £80, $110, €95 ISBN: 978-1-781883-93-8 (paperback, 13 December 2021) • RRP £10.99, $14.99, €13.49 ISBN: 978-1-781883-94-5 (JSTOR ebook) Access online: Books@JSTOR ContemporarySpanishFrenchFictionDramastudent-priced In addition to its original library hardback edition, this title is now on sale in the new student-priced Legenda paperback range. 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. Paul Humphrey is Assistant Professor in World Languages and Cultures at Monmouth University, New Jersey. Reviews:
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Bibliography entry: Humphrey, Paul, Santería, Vodou and Resistance in Caribbean Literature: Daughters of the Spirits, Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Cultures, 12 (Legenda, 2019) First footnote reference: 35 Paul Humphrey, Santería, Vodou and Resistance in Caribbean Literature: Daughters of the Spirits, Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Cultures, 12 (Legenda, 2019), p. 21. Subsequent footnote reference: 37 Humphrey, p. 47. (To see how these citations were worked out, follow this link.) Bibliography entry: Humphrey, Paul. 2019. Santería, Vodou and Resistance in Caribbean Literature: Daughters of the Spirits, Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Cultures, 12 (Legenda) Example citation: ‘A quotation occurring on page 21 of this work’ (Humphrey 2019: 21). Example footnote reference: 35 Humphrey 2019: 21. (To see how these citations were worked out, follow this link.) This title is distributed on behalf of MHRA by Ingram’s. Booksellers and libraries can order direct from Ingram by setting up an ipage Account: click here for more. Permanent link to this title: www.mhra.org.uk/publications/Santería-Vodou-Resistance-in-Caribbean-Literature www.mhra.org.uk/publications/shlc-12 |