Queering creole spiritual traditions : lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender participation in African-inspired traditions in the Americas / Randy P. Conner ; with David Hatfield Sparks
Creole spiritual traditions : a bird's-eye view -- Sexual and gender complexity in Yorùbáland? -- Other possible African influences -- Possible indigenous influences of the Western Hemisphere -- Lwa of Vodou -- Orishás of Yorùbá-diasporic spiritual traditions -- Spirits of Brazil -- Divine horses -- Masisi and Madivin -- Bigotry in the Vodou community -- A bridge of the spirits -- Adés, ekedes, and others -- Practitioners of Lucumí/Santería and related religions -- Drag queens, transgender persons, transsexuals -- Prohibitions and discrimination within Yorùbá-diasporic and allied communities -- Divination and interpretation -- Challenges and transformations -- Relationships and ceremonies of union -- HIV/AIDS, Afro ashé, and odô yá -- Notions of self in African-inspired spiritual traditions -- Practioners of Vodou -- Practitioners of Lucumí/Santería/Regla de Ocha, and other Cuban- and Puerto Rican-linked traditions -- Practitioners of Candomblé and other Brazilian traditions -- Practitioners of Orishá reverence, the Ifá tradition, and bridge-builders -- Literature -- Music -- Visual arts