Description |
1 online resource |
Series |
Writing matters! |
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Writing matters! (Duke University Press)
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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-
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Gay people, Black -- Caribbean Area
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Black people -- Caribbean Area -- Religion
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Gay immigrants -- Caribbean Area
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Queer theory.
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Feminist theory.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Caribbean & Latin American Studies.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ Studies / Gay Studies.
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Black people -- Religion
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Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
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Feminist theory
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Gay immigrants
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Gays, Black
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Queer theory
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SUBJECT |
Caribbean Area -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
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Subject |
Caribbean Area
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2022039178 |
ISBN |
9781478024071 |
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1478024070 |
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