Jeremy Jacob Peretz
Biographic Data
| ID | 111779 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jeremy Jacob Peretz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jeremy Jacob |
| FAMILY NAME | Peretz |
| SIGNATURE | PERETZ J J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Los Angeles |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4406-2196 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
“Advice of a Jumbie / Umbrella”
Jumbies are ancestral presences in Guyana who are embodied by a range of mediums, including people, nonhuman animals, plants, land/waterscapes, and other ecological features. Komfa Spiritualists, who are primarily Afrodescendant women, work together with jumbies to respond to (post)plantation colonial violence in the form of public health crises, environmental destruction, and political collusion with post-neoliberal capitalism’s incursions on lo…
‘Committed to the cause of humanity’
On 1 May 2026, celebrated around the world as International Workers’ Day, President Donald Trump issued a new executive order further expanding the United States’ sanctions against Cuba and individ
Reimagining Borders curated by Clairmont Chung
Reimagining Borders was an intimate, week-long show featuring Guyanese visual arts held at the Rufaro Centre in South Ruimveldt Gardens, Georgetown, Guyana (Fig. 1). Curator Clairmont Chung has explained that the exhibition's title could be understood through multiple registers, speaking to issues that are “not just local—pertaining to Guyana—but globally” relevant and imperative to confront, such as the climate crisis. He elaborated thatAnd part…
Shitstems Rhythms Forest River Chant Down
Put the Brassiere on the Cross
Komfa is a Guyanese practice involving elaborate rituals dedicated to "the Seven Nations" of ancestor-spirits who re/present colonial British demography. Komfa's Spanish nation is most frequently understood as presenting queer subjecthood through overtly sexualized and (trans)gendered performances. To Guyanese, "Spanish" generally refers to Venezuelans. Pre- and post-emancipation histories of mobility within the borderlands of Guyana and Venezuel…
Part I—Dedication to Professor Allen F. Roberts
Author(s): Brown, Degenhart; Milbourne, Karen E.; Gagliardi, Susan Elizabeth; Albrezzi, Francesca; Jeychandran, Neelima; Kirk, Johanna; Anderson, Samuel Mark; Edmondson, Scott M.; Sullivan, Elaine Ericksen; Hassnaoui, Amira; Peretz, Jeremy Jacob | Abstract
Nhi
Manifest Heritages of Family and Nation
This article offers comparative ethnographic exploration of Komfa ritual engaged to “entertain the ancestors” that is central to the way of life of Spiritualists in Guyana. Practiced primarily by Guyanese of African descent and considered an Africa-derived tradition, Komfa worldview nonetheless draws on cultural inheritances of various Guyanese backgrounds. Embracing Komfa worlds serves as historical and genealogical inquiry into often indistinct…
Cubans in Guyana
To Be Known. & To (Not) Know Why
Golden Shovel #1
Golden Shovel #1: truth in G #: old-infirm-mary, and: Golden Shovel #2: John Edmonston(e), or "Darwin's negro bird-stuffer", and: Golden Shovel #3: Watch Face Jeremy Jacob Peretz (bio) Golden Shovel #1: truth in G #: old-infirm-mary after Gwendolyn Brooks's "Old Mary" & "truth" Turning again this spade of gold,I rehearse scenes from an infirmary. Charting horizons of mourning haze in myHead, fierce dread comes hammering to last, Settling in a dea…
Poetry Second Prize (Tie)
Transnational Maroon Organizing
Put the Brassiere on the Cross
Komfa is a Guyanese practice involving elaborate rituals dedicated to "the Seven Nations" of ancestor-spirits who re/present colonial British demography. Komfa's Spanish nation is most frequently understood as presenting queer subjecthood through overtly sexualized and (trans)gendered performances. To Guyanese, "Spanish" generally refers to Venezuelans. Pre- and post-emancipation histories of mobility within the borderlands of Guyana and Venezuel…
Transnational Maroon Organizing
Poetry Second Prize (Tie)
Cubans in Guyana
To Be Known. & To (Not) Know Why
Golden Shovel #1
Golden Shovel #1: truth in G #: old-infirm-mary, and: Golden Shovel #2: John Edmonston(e), or "Darwin's negro bird-stuffer", and: Golden Shovel #3: Watch Face Jeremy Jacob Peretz (bio) Golden Shovel #1: truth in G #: old-infirm-mary after Gwendolyn Brooks's "Old Mary" & "truth" Turning again this spade of gold,I rehearse scenes from an infirmary. Charting horizons of mourning haze in myHead, fierce dread comes hammering to last, Settling in a dea…
Manifest Heritages of Family and Nation
This article offers comparative ethnographic exploration of Komfa ritual engaged to “entertain the ancestors” that is central to the way of life of Spiritualists in Guyana. Practiced primarily by Guyanese of African descent and considered an Africa-derived tradition, Komfa worldview nonetheless draws on cultural inheritances of various Guyanese backgrounds. Embracing Komfa worlds serves as historical and genealogical inquiry into often indistinct…
Nhi
Part I—Dedication to Professor Allen F. Roberts
Author(s): Brown, Degenhart; Milbourne, Karen E.; Gagliardi, Susan Elizabeth; Albrezzi, Francesca; Jeychandran, Neelima; Kirk, Johanna; Anderson, Samuel Mark; Edmondson, Scott M.; Sullivan, Elaine Ericksen; Hassnaoui, Amira; Peretz, Jeremy Jacob | Abstract
Put the Brassiere on the Cross
Komfa is a Guyanese practice involving elaborate rituals dedicated to "the Seven Nations" of ancestor-spirits who re/present colonial British demography. Komfa's Spanish nation is most frequently understood as presenting queer subjecthood through overtly sexualized and (trans)gendered performances. To Guyanese, "Spanish" generally refers to Venezuelans. Pre- and post-emancipation histories of mobility within the borderlands of Guyana and Venezuel…
Reimagining Borders curated by Clairmont Chung
Reimagining Borders was an intimate, week-long show featuring Guyanese visual arts held at the Rufaro Centre in South Ruimveldt Gardens, Georgetown, Guyana (Fig. 1). Curator Clairmont Chung has explained that the exhibition's title could be understood through multiple registers, speaking to issues that are “not just local—pertaining to Guyana—but globally” relevant and imperative to confront, such as the climate crisis. He elaborated thatAnd part…
Shitstems Rhythms Forest River Chant Down
“Advice of a Jumbie / Umbrella”
Jumbies are ancestral presences in Guyana who are embodied by a range of mediums, including people, nonhuman animals, plants, land/waterscapes, and other ecological features. Komfa Spiritualists, who are primarily Afrodescendant women, work together with jumbies to respond to (post)plantation colonial violence in the form of public health crises, environmental destruction, and political collusion with post-neoliberal capitalism’s incursions on lo…
‘Committed to the cause of humanity’
On 1 May 2026, celebrated around the world as International Workers’ Day, President Donald Trump issued a new executive order further expanding the United States’ sanctions against Cuba and individ
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