ARTH 272 - Sacred Arts of Vodou and Santería

FC ARHU CD WINT

4 credits
This course provides frameworks for both describing and analyzing some of the religious arts developed and inspired by Africans and their descendants in the Caribbean and its diasporas. Our focus will be on articulating how lived religious practices associated with terms like ‘Santería’ and ‘Vodou’ embody the contradictions and complexities of culture, race, sexuality, nationhood, and community in Cuba, Haiti, and their U.S.-based diasporas. Specific case studies will include communal altars, religious goods stores, popular media, and sacred rituals. Field trip(s) required.

Prerequisites: one 100-level course in AAST or ARTH.