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Watkins, Angela Denise

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Mambos, Priestesses, and Goddesses: Spiritual Healing Through Vodou in Black Women's Narratives of Haiti and New Orleans

Watkins, Angela Denise
2014

dans
University of Iowa
Mots-clés
féminismes/militantisme
colonialisme/histoire
santé
récits
spiritualité/religion
Résumé
Résumé :

My dissertation titled "Mambos, Priestesses, and Goddesses: Spiritual Healing Through Vodou in Black Women's Narratives of Haiti and New Orleans" reclaims the practice of Vodou as an integral African spiritual tradition through fiction by black women writers. I discuss how the examination of Vodou necessitates the revision of colonial history, serves as an impetus for reevaluating the literary representation of the black female migrant subject, and gives voice to communities silenced by systemic oppression.

Articles de revue et chapitres de livres

Restoring Haitian Women's Voices and Verbalizing Sexual Trauma in "Breath, Eyes, Memory"

Watkins, Angela Denise
2016

dans
Journal of Haitian Studies
Mots-clés
féminismes/militantisme
colonialisme/histoire
violences
politique/gouvernement
corps/sexualités
récits
Résumé
Résumé :

Although Haitian women have been systematically excluded from social and historical discourse even as they actively engage in the fight for change, EdwidgeDanticat proves through her characters that revolutionaries come in many forms. Breath, Eyes, Memory rewrites the myths embedded in the country’s historical narratives so that Haitian women are unsilenced.

Watkins, Angela Denise

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