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Examines the ways in which the inclusion of African diasporic religious practices serves as a transgressive tool in narrative discourses in the Americas.

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...[a] significant contribution to the literature of the Americas. - American Studies

This book is a good study of the representation of African diasporic religions in the creative works of several women writers. It will make a significant contribution to the study of writing by women of different racial backgrounds whose works are linked by the religious systems about which they write in different space in the Caribbean, Brazil, and the USA. - Caribbean Journal of Education This ground-breaking work is a necessary addition to Latin American and women's studies libraries. - PALARA ...[a] significant contribution to the literature of the Americas. - American Studies

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Vanessa K. Valdes is Assistant Professor of Spanish and Portuguese at City College, the City University of New York. She is the editor of Let Spirit Speak! Cultural Journeys through the African Diaspora, also published by SUNY Press, and The Future Is Now: A New Look at African Diaspora Studies.

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