School of Sociology and Social Policy

Transgressive Communion: Dance, Presence, and Performance - Jamaican Catholic Women in the Liturgy of the Eucharist

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Born in St. Elizabeth, Jamaica, Carol Marie Webster works internationally as a professional dance artist and cultural activist.  She is currently a PhD student at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies at the University of Leeds.  Carol Marie is interested in performances of gender, religion, race, and disability in twenty-first century western and westernizing societies.   Her current research focus include dance and performance in African Diasporic religious expression, post-colonial gender performance in the Caribbean, disability and world making in Jamaica, performative religiosity of contemporary western societies, and performances of ‘race’ and ‘racing’ in western cultures.