Brujas: The Magic and Power of Witches of Color - Hardcover

Lorraine Monteagut (author)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1641603992 ISBN 13: 9781641603997

Publisher: Chicago Review Press, 2021

Synopsis

There is a new kind of witch emerging in our cultural consciousness: the bruja . Witchcraft has made a comeback in popular culture, especially among feminists. There is a growing subculture of younger witches, led by Afro-Latinx immigrants and indigenous Americans, who are taking up the label to reconnect to their spiritual roots, practice healing arts, and express their politics. Brujas chronicles the magical lives of these practitioners as they extend their personal rituals to larger self-care and activist movements and use their services to empower young people of color. The bruja represents the new ""witch"" of the United States, a practitioner who melds ancient tradition with new technologies and mirrors the diversity and activist spirit of today's youth. Brujas reminds us that witchcraft is more than a trendit's a movement.

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About the Author

Lorraine Monteagut is a Cuban-Colombian writer born in Miami, Florida. She holds a PhD in communication from the University of South Florida, where she began her research on bruja feminism and the reclamation of ancestral healing traditions. Inspired to the spiritual life by her great grandmother, who was an espiritista in Cuba, she facilitates astrology workshops and moon circles in her local community in Tampa, Florida. She loves hiking, gardening, and backyard beekeeping.

Edition details

• Publisher: Chicago Review Press
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1641603992
• ISBN 13: 9781641603997
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304