{"product_id":"channeling-knowledges-water-and-afro-diasporic-spirits-in-latinx-and-caribbean-worlds-hardback-9781477327241","title":"Channeling Knowledges; Water and Afro-Diasporic Spirits in Latinx and Caribbean Worlds (Hardback) 9781477327241","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eChanneling Knowledges\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWater and Afro-Diasporic Spirits in Latinx and Caribbean Worlds\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRebeca L. Hey-Colón (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781477327241, University of Texas Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 9 May 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e280 pages, 7 b\u0026amp;w images\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eHey-ColÓn’s approach to water is expansive and groundbreaking, as the book engages with saltwaters and freshwaters, unsettling the disciplinary boundaries that have traditionally linked these bodies of water to either Caribbean or Latinx Studies . . . As such, \u003ci\u003eChanneling Knowledges\u003c\/i\u003e, which is part of the \"Latinx: The Future Is Now\" series run by the University of Texas Press, represents a crucial and timely contribution to Afrolatinx, Caribbean, Border, and Religious Studies.\u003c\/div\u003e (A Contracorriente) \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eChanneling Knowledges\u003c\/i\u003e successfully explores Afro-diasporic spirituality in literary worlds that pull us into Olokun’s depths, while it elevates the intellectual, artistic, and activist labor of Latina\/x and Caribbean writers.\u003c\/div\u003e (ReVista) \u003cdiv\u003eHey-ColÓn posits an intriguing, thought-provoking approach to reading Latinx and Caribbean diasporic literature...She demonstrates an impressive command of Afro-diasporic religions and has used it well to offer innovative and penetrating readings of iconic texts and paintings.\u003c\/div\u003e (Hispania) \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eChanneling Knowledges\u003c\/i\u003e is a significant contribution to Black diaspora studies, Caribbean studies, and US Latinx studies. Its interdisciplinary nature marks its value for scholars working with water as a literary trope or those working with traditional knowledge systems.\u003c\/div\u003e (Chiricú Journal) \u003cdiv\u003e[This book] puts forth promising pathways for understanding Afro-diasporic, Latinx, and Caribbean knowledges, and the urgency to transcend limiting ways of understanding\/being.\u003c\/div\u003e (New West Indian Guide)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2024 Honorable Mention, Isis Duarte Book Prize, Haiti\/ Dominican Republic section, Latin American Studies Association\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow water enables Caribbean and Latinx writers to reconnect to their pasts, presents, and futures.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Water is often tasked with upholding division through the imposition of geopolitical borders. We see this in the construction of the Rio Grande\/RÍo Bravo on the US-Mexico border, as well as in how the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean are used to delineate the limits of US territory. In stark contrast to this divisive view, Afro-diasporic religions conceive of water as a place of connection; it is where spiritual entities and ancestors reside, and where knowledge awaits. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Departing from the premise that water encourages confluence through the sustainment of contradiction, \u003ci\u003eChanneling Knowledges\u003c\/i\u003e fathoms water’s depth and breadth in the work of Latinx and Caribbean creators such as Mayra Santos-Febres, Rita Indiana, Gloria Evangelina AnzaldÚa, and the Border of Lights collective. Combining methodologies from literary studies, anthropology, history, and religious studies, Rebeca L. Hey-ColÓn’s interdisciplinary study traces how Latinx and Caribbean cultural production draws on systems of Afro-diasporic worship-Haitian Vodou, La 21 DivisiÓn (Dominican Vodou), and SanterÍa\/Regla de Ocha-to channel the power of water, both salty and sweet, in sustaining connections between past, present, and not-yet-imagined futures. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Acknowledgements \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Prologue. Infusing the Sacred: The Liquid Knowledges of the Afro-Diasporic World \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 1. Channeling the Undocumented in Mayra Santos-Febres’\u003cbr\u003es boat people \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 2. The Techno-Resonances of Rita Indiana’\u003cbr\u003es La mucama de OmicunlÉ\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 3. Afro-Diasporic Currents in the Gloria Evangelina AnzaldÚ\u003cbr\u003ea Papers \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 4. Orishas in the Borderlands \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Epilogue. Water and Light: The BÓ\u003cbr\u003eveda as Counter-Archive \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Notes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Works Cited \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Index \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52590988624152,"sku":"9781477327241","price":70.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/channeling-knowledges-water-and-afro-diasporic-spirits-in-latinx-and-caribbean-worlds-hardback-9781477327241","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}