| Edition |
First paperback edition. |
| Description |
x, 206 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Blacks in the diaspora |
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Blacks in the diaspora.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [187]-202) and index. |
| Contents |
I. Introduction. The Processual Framework. Phases of Religious Development. Continuity and Change -- II. Africa. The Old Religion. Three Brothers Quarrel, and Their Homes Are Invaded by Strangers -- III. Cuba: Pre-Santeria and Early Santeria (1492-1870). The Conquest Culture. The Catholic Religion. The Sugar Boom and Expansion of Slavery. Lucumi Ethnicity. Syncretism of African and European Religions. Transformation of the Old Religion -- IV. Cuba: Santeria (1870-1959). An Economic Transition. The Suppression of the Cabildos. Espiritismo. Afro-Cubanism. The Ambivalence of Repression and Resistance. Cuban Postscript -- V. Santeria in the United States (1959-1982). Spirits in Exile. New Forms in New York -- VI. Continuity and Change. Problems of Collective Memory. Problems of Syncretism. |
| Subject |
Santeria.
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| ISBN |
025321114X |
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