Of Spirits and Virgins

Situating belonging in Haitian religious spaces in Montreal, Canada

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2612349
AutoresH Drotbohm (0000-0002-9436-9137, University of Freiburg, autor de correspondencia)
Año2008
Volumen33
Número1
Páginas33-50
Fecha de publicación2008-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSuomen Antropologi Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0355-3930 • E-ISSN: 1799-8972
EditorialSuomen Antropologi: Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.30676/jfas.v33i1.116396
OpenAlexW4300185491
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas23

So far religious encounters in migratory settings have been largely examined in relation to the pluralizing of religious cultures, the emerging of syncretisms as well as religious conversions. However, many migrants choose to live more than one religion at the same time and integrate themselves into several religious communities with different and sometimes opposing religious agendas. This article concentrates on the Haitian migrant community in Montreal, Canada. On the basis of the parallelisms between Vodou and Catholicism it first examines the parallels between different religious concepts and performances and second, the significance of particular Vodou spirits which act as mediators between different cultures. The article questions the idea of exclusive belongings and highlights the meaning of space as a differentiating factor in the diversification of religious meanings and messages in multicultural settings.Keywords: Vodou, Haitian diaspora, space, spirit possession, syncretism, religious parallelism

Diaspora · Epistemology · Meaning (existential · Multiculturalism · Parallels · Possession (linguistics · Relation (database · Religious pluralism · Sociology · Syncretism (linguistics · Caribbean and African Literature and Culture · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Philosophy · Religious studies · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies