Borderlands and Crossroads:Transnational Connections in the Performance of Afrolantina/o Spiritualities by Solimar Otero

(This post is part of the 2014 TCG National Conference: Crossing Borders {Art | People} blog salon curated by Caridad Svich.) Espiritistas are important mediators of the dead for practitioners of Palo and Ocha/Santo. [. . .]  Importantly, during their masses, espiritistas help the living engage these dead through a complex theater of possession, often involving the experience of [...]

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