"Beyond the provocation of the book’s title and theoretical framework lies, in moments, a charming memoir chronicling Decena’s auto-ethnographic experience of growing up in a Black Dominican migrant family. . . . Decena’s generational musings on queer life will be of particular interest to readers who value sex-positive ethics regarding HIV awareness and prevention." - James Padilioni (American Religion) "More than memoir, more than monograph, Carlos Ulises Decena’s <i>Circuits of the Sacred</i> boldly undresses dominant preconceptions surrounding queer spiritual and sexual identity. . . . Decena’s unapologetic command of space and attention makes this book a valuable contribution to queer scholarship. The text’s emotional complexity constructs kinetic reckoning and revolution, calling us to (re)shape livable futures." - Marion Eames White (Reading Religion)
Part 0. OrÍgenes (Origins)
Pensar MaricÓn (Faggotology): An Introduction 1
1. Re-membered Life: A Composition for Egun 23
Part I. Caminos
2. Bridge CrÓnica: A Triptych, with ElegguÁ 33
3. Experiencing the Evidence 57
Part II. Dos Puentes, TrÁnsitos
4. Loving Stones: A Transnational PatakÍ 81
5. ¡Santo! Repurposed Flesh and the Suspension of the Mirror in SanterÍa Initiation 102
Part III. Trances
6. Indecent Conocimientos: A Suite Rasanblaj in Funny Keys 125
EpÍstola al Futuro/An Epistle to the Future 155
Notes 159
Bibliography 175
Index