Oshun's Daughters: The Search for Womanhood in the Americas

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Oshun's Daughters: The Search for Womanhood in the Americas

Examines the ways in which the inclusion of African diasporic religious practices serves as a transgressive tool in narrative discourses in the Americas.

Finalist for the 2015 Albert J. Raboteau Prize for the Best Book in Africana Religions presented by the Journal of Africana Religions

Oshunâ€™s Daughters examines representations of African diasporic religions from novels and poems written by women in the United States, the Spanish Caribbean, and Brazil. In spite of differences in age, language, and nationality, these women writers all turn to variations of traditional Yoruba religion (SanterÃa/Regla de Ocha and CandomblÃ©) as a source of inspiration for creating portraits of womanhood. Within these religious systems, binaries that dominate European thoughtâ€•man/woman, mind/body, light/dark, good/evilâ€•do not function in the same way, as the emphasis is not on extremes but on balancing or reconciling these radical differences. Involvement with these African diasporic religions thus provides alternative models of womanhood that differ substantially from those found in dominant Western patriarchal culture, namely, that of virgin, asexual wife/mother, and whore. Instead we find images of the sexual woman, who enjoys her body without any sense of shame; the mother, who nurtures her children without sacrificing herself; and the warrior woman, who actively resists demands that she conform to one-dimensional stereotypes of womanhood.
Country USA
Brand SUNY PRESS
Manufacturer State University of New York Press
Binding Paperback
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ReleaseDate 2015-01-02
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EANs 9781438450421

Country	USA
Brand	SUNY PRESS
Manufacturer	State University of New York Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	Refer to Sapnet.
ReleaseDate	2015-01-02
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781438450421

Oshun's Daughters: The Search for Womanhood in the Americas

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