Stephen C Wehmeyer
Biographic Data
| ID | 787611 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephen C Wehmeyer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephen C |
| FAMILY NAME | Wehmeyer |
| SIGNATURE | WEHMEYER S C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Champlain College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
“Yo’ Kin Cut All Kinda Tricks”
The vernacular magical, divinatory, and healing practices associated with the Afro-American Gulf South, alternately called “Hoodoo” or “Conjure,” offer a window into an intriguing world of “everyday esoterica.” Practitioners envision a world of competing human desires, which move and are moved by an array of malign and benign spiritual forces. They cope with this world with a pharmacopeia of symbolically powerful physical substances, but also thr…
Feathered footsteps
This essay explores intersections between the ritual veneration of stereotypified Native American spirit figures by American Spiritualists and the performative traditions of ‘Masking Indian’ practised by urban African Americans in New Orleans' Mardi Gras processions. The author examines the ways in which communities in New Orleans, of both sacred and secular identity, employ images of Native Americans as icons of spiritual power and presence. Thi…
Wehmeyer's Article on the Indian Image in New Orleans Altars
Indian Altars of the Spiritual Church
La congregation afro-americaine de la Spiritual Church of New Orleans (Louisiane, Etats-Unis) combine, dans ses rituels, une variete d'influences spirituelles et religieuses : iconographie et esthetique catholiques, predication revivaliste, pratiques mediumniques issues du spiritisme americain du 19 eme siecle, cosmologies et rituels traditionnels africains, veneration d'esprits amerindiens. L'A. examine les autels consacres a la veneration de l'…
Indian Altars of the Spiritual Church
La congregation afro-americaine de la Spiritual Church of New Orleans (Louisiane, Etats-Unis) combine, dans ses rituels, une variete d'influences spirituelles et religieuses : iconographie et esthetique catholiques, predication revivaliste, pratiques mediumniques issues du spiritisme americain du 19 eme siecle, cosmologies et rituels traditionnels africains, veneration d'esprits amerindiens. L'A. examine les autels consacres a la veneration de l'…
Feathered footsteps
This essay explores intersections between the ritual veneration of stereotypified Native American spirit figures by American Spiritualists and the performative traditions of ‘Masking Indian’ practised by urban African Americans in New Orleans' Mardi Gras processions. The author examines the ways in which communities in New Orleans, of both sacred and secular identity, employ images of Native Americans as icons of spiritual power and presence. Thi…
Indian Altars of the Spiritual Church
La congregation afro-americaine de la Spiritual Church of New Orleans (Louisiane, Etats-Unis) combine, dans ses rituels, une variete d'influences spirituelles et religieuses : iconographie et esthetique catholiques, predication revivaliste, pratiques mediumniques issues du spiritisme americain du 19 eme siecle, cosmologies et rituels traditionnels africains, veneration d'esprits amerindiens. L'A. examine les autels consacres a la veneration de l'…
Wehmeyer's Article on the Indian Image in New Orleans Altars
Feathered footsteps
This essay explores intersections between the ritual veneration of stereotypified Native American spirit figures by American Spiritualists and the performative traditions of ‘Masking Indian’ practised by urban African Americans in New Orleans' Mardi Gras processions. The author examines the ways in which communities in New Orleans, of both sacred and secular identity, employ images of Native Americans as icons of spiritual power and presence. Thi…
“Yo’ Kin Cut All Kinda Tricks”
The vernacular magical, divinatory, and healing practices associated with the Afro-American Gulf South, alternately called “Hoodoo” or “Conjure,” offer a window into an intriguing world of “everyday esoterica.” Practitioners envision a world of competing human desires, which move and are moved by an array of malign and benign spiritual forces. They cope with this world with a pharmacopeia of symbolically powerful physical substances, but also thr…
Art (4 works) · History (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Latin American and Latino Studies (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 work) · Anthropology (1 work)