Lizabeth Paravisini Gebert: 2 books
Creole Religions of the Caribbean
An Introduction from Vodou and Santeria to Obeah and Espiritismo
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2011
Creolization—the coming together of diverse beliefs and practices to form new beliefs and practices-is one of the most significant phenomena in Caribbean religious history. Brought together in the crucible of the sugar plantation, Caribbean peoples drew on the variants of Christianity brought by...
Reimagining the Caribbean
Conversations among the Creole, English, French, and Spanish Caribbean
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
This volume brings together scholars working in different languages—Creole, French, English, Spanish—and modes of cultural production—literature, art, film, music—to suggest how best to model courses that impart the rich, vibrant, and multivalent aspects of the Caribbean in the classroom....