Afro-Cuban Religious Arts : Popular Expressions of Cultural Inheritance in Espiritismo and Santería / Kristine Juncker.
This book profiles four generations of women from one Afro-Cuban religious family. From a plantation in Havana Province in the 1890s to a religious center in Spanish Harlem in the 1960s, these women were connected by their prominent roles as leaders in the religions they practiced and the dramatic r...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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University Press of Florida,
2014.
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| Summary: | This book profiles four generations of women from one Afro-Cuban religious family. From a plantation in Havana Province in the 1890s to a religious center in Spanish Harlem in the 1960s, these women were connected by their prominent roles as leaders in the religions they practiced and the dramatic ritual artwork they created. Each woman was a medium in Espiritismo-communicating with dead ancestors for guidance or insight-and also a santera, or priest of Santería, who could intervene with the oricha pantheon. Kristine Juncker argues that, by creating art for more than one religion, these wome. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (217 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-167) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813055022 0813055024 1322181969 9781322181967 9780813050454 0813050456 |
| Language: | Text in English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |