Africanderived religious traditions like Santera 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, Humphreys analysis of a number of Caribbean novels and plays foregrounds the complex nature of womens negotiation of religious, social and political life as participants in these marginalized religious communities. Examining works from authors such as Cuban playwright Eugenio Hernndez Espinosa (1936), Haitian novelists Kettly Mars (1958) and Marie Chauvet (19161973), and CubanPuerto Rican writer Mayra Montero (1952), he demonstrates the manner in which the worldviews offered by Santera 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.

Binding: Hardback;206 pages; Publisher: Modern Humanities Research Assoc; Classification: DS; Weight: 650 g; Dimensions: 278 x 340 x 14

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