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Author Decena, Carlos Ulises, 1974- author.

Title Circuits of the sacred : a faggotology in the Black Latinx Caribbean / Carlos Ulises Decena
Published Durham : Duke University Press, 2023

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Description 1 online resource
Series Writing matters!
Writing matters! (Duke University Press)
Contents Pensar Maricón (Faggotology) : an introduction -- Re-membered life : a composition for Egun -- Bridge Crónica : a triptych, with Elegguá -- Experiencing the evidence -- Loving stones : a transnational Patakí -- ¡Santo! Repurposed flesh and the suspension of the mirror in Santería initiation -- Indecent conocimientos : a suite Rasanblaj in funny keys -- Epístola al futuro/an epistle to the future
Summary "In Circuits of the Sacred Carlos Ulises Decena examines transnational Black Latinx Caribbean immigrant queer life and spirit. Decena models what he calls a faggotology-the erotic in the divine as found in the disreputable and the excessive-as foundations to queer Black critical and expressive praxis of the future. Drawing on theoretical analysis, memoir, creative writing, and ethnography of Santería/Lucumí in Santo Domingo, Havana, and New Jersey, Decena moves between languages, locations, pronouns, and genres to map the itineraries of Blackness as a "circuit," a multipronged and multisensorial field. A feminist pilgrimage and extended conversation with the dead, Decena's study is a provocative work that transforms the academic monograph into a gathering of stories, theoretical innovation, and expressive praxis to channel voices, ancestors, deities, theorists, artists, and spirits from the vantage point of radical feminism and queer of color thinking"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 26, 2023)
Subject Decena, Carlos Ulises, 1974-
Gay people, Black -- Caribbean Area
Black people -- Caribbean Area -- Religion
Gay immigrants -- Caribbean Area
Queer theory.
Feminist theory.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Caribbean & Latin American Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ Studies / Gay Studies.
Black people -- Religion
Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
Feminist theory
Gay immigrants
Gays, Black
Queer theory
SUBJECT Caribbean Area -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
Subject Caribbean Area
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2022039178
ISBN 9781478024071
1478024070