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Universidad de Puerto Rico
2008
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- THE WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE: MUSIC, POSITIONALITY, AND TRANSCENDENCE AMONG HAITIAN PENTECOSTALS Melvin L. Butler Estudios Culturales Music Haiti militarism positionality Pentecostalism In the twenty-first century's first decade, Pentecostal Christian congregations are now a significant cultural force in Haiti and its diaspora. Those who self-identify as Pannkotis (Pentecostal) comprise a striking variety-from independent "heavenly armies" to mainline congregations closely modeled after those in the United States. As Haitian Pentecostalsface ongoing socioeconomic strife, they engage in exuberant praise and worship while deploying an arsenal of musical "weapons" to fight for survival, defend their theological turf, and articulate who they are and hope to become. Foregrounding the interplay of positionalityand faith, I argue that embodied musical practice is, for two distinct Pentecostal groups, something of a two-edged sword: It slices through oppressive spiritual barriers to attack a common "satanic" enemy, but it also guards the social and theological walls separating them. This paradox of Pentecostal music making-its spiritually amalgamative but socially divisive potential-lies at the heart of my discussion. 2008 artículo científico 0008-6533 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=39215107003 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=392 Caribbean Studies application/pdf Universidad de Puerto Rico Caribbean Studies (Puerto Rico) Num.2 Vol.36