A book cover on a grey background. The cover is pale grey, with an inky blue splodge covering the lower half. An intricate drawing of a female figure, with confident posture and an unrealistically large updo of hair, more than double the mass of her body, is superimposed. The drawing is by Firelei Báez. The title of the book is 'Channeling Knowledges: Water and Afro-Diasporic Spirits in Latinx and Caribbean Worlds', written by Rebeca L. Hey-Colón.
A book cover on a grey background. The cover is pale grey, with an inky blue splodge covering the lower half. An intricate drawing of a female figure, with confident posture and an unrealistically large updo of hair, more than double the mass of her body, is superimposed. The drawing is by Firelei Báez. The title of the book is 'Channeling Knowledges: Water and Afro-Diasporic Spirits in Latinx and Caribbean Worlds', written by Rebeca L. Hey-Colón.
Rebeca L. Hey-Colón

Channeling knowledges: water and afro diasporic spirits in latinx and caribbean worlds

£25.99
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Water is often tasked with upholding division through the imposition of geopolitical borders. We see this in the construction of the Rio Grande/Río Bravo on the US-Mexico border, as well as in how the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean are used to delineate the limits of US territory. In stark contrast to this divisive view, Afro-diasporic religions conceive of water as a place of connection; it is where spiritual entities and ancestors reside, and where knowledge awaits.

Departing from the premise that water encourages confluence through the sustainment of contradiction, Channeling Knowledges fathoms water's depth and breadth in the work of Latinx and Caribbean creators such as Mayra Santos-Febres, Rita Indiana, Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa, and the Border of Lights collective. Combining methodologies from literary studies, anthropology, history, and religious studies, Rebeca L. Hey-Colón's interdisciplinary study traces how Latinx and Caribbean cultural production draws on systems of Afro-diasporic worship—Haitian Vodou, La 21 División (Dominican Vodou), and Santería/Regla de Ocha—to channel the power of water, both salty and sweet, in sustaining connections between past, present, and not-yet-imagined futures.

University of Texas Press, 2023
Paperback, 280pp
15.3cm x 22.9cm
English
ISBN: 9781477327258

 

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