Circuits of the Sacred
A Faggotology in the Black Latinx Caribbean
1st Edition
Published on 4. January 2023
208 pages
978-1-4780-2407-1 (ISBN)
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Drawing on memoir, creative writing, theoretical analysis, and ethnography in Santo Domingo, Havana, and New Jersey, Carlos Ulises Decena examines transnational black Caribbean immigrant queer life and spirit.
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Duke University Press
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Carlos Ulises Decena is Professor of Latino and Caribbean Studies and of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Rutgers University and author of Tacit Subjects: Belonging and Same-Sex Desire among Dominican Immigrant Men, also published by Duke University Press.
Content
Gratitudes ix
Part 0. Orígenes (Origins)
Pensar Maricón (Faggotology): An Introduction 1
1. Re-membered Life: A Composition for Egun 23
Part I. Caminos
2. Bridge Crónica: A Triptych, with Elegguá 33
3. Experiencing the Evidence 57
Part II. Dos Puentes, Tránsitos
4. Loving Stones: A Transnational Patakí 81
5. ¡Santo! Repurposed Flesh and the Suspension of the Mirror in Santería Initiation 102
Part III. Trances
6. Indecent Conocimientos: A Suite Rasanblaj in Funny Keys 125
Epístola al Futuro/An Epistle to the Future 155
Notes 159
Bibliography 175
Index
Part 0. Orígenes (Origins)
Pensar Maricón (Faggotology): An Introduction 1
1. Re-membered Life: A Composition for Egun 23
Part I. Caminos
2. Bridge Crónica: A Triptych, with Elegguá 33
3. Experiencing the Evidence 57
Part II. Dos Puentes, Tránsitos
4. Loving Stones: A Transnational Patakí 81
5. ¡Santo! Repurposed Flesh and the Suspension of the Mirror in Santería Initiation 102
Part III. Trances
6. Indecent Conocimientos: A Suite Rasanblaj in Funny Keys 125
Epístola al Futuro/An Epistle to the Future 155
Notes 159
Bibliography 175
Index
