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 The Gut: A Black Atlantic Alimentary Tract by Elizabeth Perez, published with Cambridge University Press. Book Synopsis: If the head is religion, the gut is magic. Taking up this provocation, The Gut delves into the digestive system within transnational Afro-Diasporic religions such as Haitian Vodou, Brazilian Can...
