Aisha M. Beliso-De Jesús

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Aisha M. Beliso-De Jesús is an anthropologist, academic, author, and editor. She is Professor of Spanish and Portuguese and American Studies at Princeton University, and the author of Electric Santería: Racial and Sexual Assemblages of Transnational Religion (2015).[1] Beliso-De Jesús is also the editor-in-chief of Transforming Anthropology.[2]

Education[]

Beliso-De Jesús received a Bachelor of Arts in Chicano and Latino Studies from University of California, Berkeley.[1] Thereafter, she earned a Master of Arts and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Cultural and Social Anthropology from Stanford University.[1]

Career[]

In July 2009, Beliso-De Jesús joined the Harvard Divinity School (HDS) faculty as Assistant Professor of African American Religions.[3] She later authored Electric Santería: Racial and Sexual Assemblages of Transnational Religion, which won the 2016 Albert J. Raboteau Award for the Best Book in Africana Religions.[4]

After eight years at HDS, Beliso-De Jesús joined the Princeton University faculty as Professor of Spanish and Portuguese and American Studies.[1] She is also the editor-in-chief of Transforming Anthropology, a journal published by the Association of Black Anthropologists.[2]

Bibliography[]

  • Electric Santería: Racial and Sexual Assemblages of Transnational Religion, Columbia University Press, 2015, ISBN 9780231539913[5][6][7][8]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Aisha M. Beliso-De Jesús". Princeton University. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Transforming Anthropology - Editorial Team". Association of Black Anthropologists. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Aisha M. Beliso-De Jesús Is New Assistant Professor of African American Religions". Harvard University. 15 March 2009. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Professor Beliso-De Jesús Wins Journal of Africana Religions Book Priz". Harvard Divinity School. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  5. ^ Vidal-Ortiz, Salvador (November 2017). "Electric Santería : Racial and Sexual Assemblages of Transnational Religion. Aisha Beliso-De Jesús, New York: Columbia University Press, 2015. 282 pp". The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology. 22 (3): 600–603. doi:10.1111/jlca.12312. ISSN 1935-4932.
  6. ^ Wirtz, Kristina (2017-02-19). "Electric Santería: Racial and Sexual Assemblages of Transnational Religion by Aisha M. Beliso-De Jesús (review)". Journal of American Folklore. 130 (515): 120–122. doi:10.5406/jamerfolk.130.515.0120. ISSN 1535-1882.
  7. ^ Doran, Justin Michael (2016-08-01). "Review: Electric Santería: Racial and Sexual Assemblages of Transnational Religion by Aisha Beliso-De Jesús". Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions. 20 (1): 121–123. doi:10.1525/novo.2016.20.1.121. ISSN 1092-6690.
  8. ^ Autar, Louise (2017-12-31). "Review of Aisha M. Beliso-De Jesus, Electric Santería: Racial and Sexual Assemblages of Transnational Religion, New York and Chichester, West Sussex: Columbia University Press 2015, xiv + 282 pp., ISBN 978-0231173162". Religion and Gender. 7 (2): 256. doi:10.18352/rg.10222. ISSN 1878-5417.


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