Excellent Excerpts: Vodou en Vogue by Eziaku Atuama Nwokocha

Vodou en Vogue Book Cover

Welcome to our series, “Excellent Excerpts,” where we share selections from recently or soon-to-be published books we think you should check out! In this post we are featuring Vodou en Vogue: Fashioning Black Divinities in Haiti and the United States by Eziaku Atuama Nwokocha, out June 2023, University of North Carolina Press.  From the Preface This […]

Excellent Excerpts: Gendered Fortunes by Zeynep K. Korkman

Gendered Fortunes Book Cover

Welcome to our series, “Excellent Excerpts,” where we share selections from recently or soon-to-be published books we think you should check out! In this post we are featuring Gendered Fortunes: Divination, Precarity, and Affect in Postsecular Turkey by Zeynep K. Korkman, out April 21, 2023, Duke University Press.  Book Synopsis: In Gendered Fortunes, Zeynep K. Korkman examines Turkey’s […]