<i>Seductive Spirits</i> in Feminist Spaces: Demons and their Otherwise Possibilities

Abstract Nathanael Homewood’s Seductive Spirits recontextualizes and theorizes demons within deliverance Pentecostal worldmaking. By engaging Homewood’s work in dialogue with African feminist concerns, this article argues argue that Seductive Spirits rejects colonial and secularized feminist frameworks of the metaphorical spectral. This article suggests that by instead acknowledging ghosts, demons, and ancestors as merciful and material, Homewood’s work provokes further creative and decolonial possibilities for African feminists.

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Journal of Africana Religions
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2025-01-01
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https://doi.org/10.5325/jafrireli.13.1.0121
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Geographies of human-animal interactions
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Seductive Spirits in Feminist Spaces: Demons and their Otherwise Possibilities

Megan Robertson
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Geographies of human-animal interactions
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Seductive Spirits in Feminist Spaces: Demons and their Otherwise Possibilities

Megan Robertson
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Abstract Nathanael Homewood’s Seductive Spirits recontextualizes and theorizes demons within deliverance Pentecostal worldmaking. By engaging Homewood’s work in dialogue with African feminist concerns, this article argues argue that Seductive Spirits rejects colonial and secularized feminist frameworks of the metaphorical spectral. This article suggests that by instead acknowledging ghosts, demons, and ancestors as merciful and material, Homewood’s work provokes further creative and decolonial possibilities for African feminists.

Journal of Africana ReligionsVol. 13(1)
University of Leeds (GB)
Openalex Percentile: Top 68%
Geographies of human-animal interactions
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