Afro-Cuban religious arts : popular expressions of cultural inheritance in Espiritismo and Santería /
"From a plantation in Havana Province in the 1880s to a religious center in Spanish Harlem in the 1960s, this book profiles four generations of women from one Afro-Cuban religious family. The women were connected by their prominent roles as leaders in the religions they practiced and the dramat...
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| Ձևաչափ: | Licensed eBooks |
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Gainesville :
University Press of Florida,
2014.
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| Առցանց հասանելիություն: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvx0704c |
| Ամփոփում: | "From a plantation in Havana Province in the 1880s to a religious center in Spanish Harlem in the 1960s, this book profiles four generations of women from one Afro-Cuban religious family. The women were connected by their prominent roles as leaders in the religions they practiced and the dramatic ritual artwork they created. Each was a medium in Espiritismo--communicating with dead ancestors for guidance or insight--and also a santera, or priest of Santería, who could engage the oricha pantheon. Kristine Juncker argues that by creating art for more than one religion these women shatter the popular assumption that Afro-Caribbean religions are exclusive organizations. The portraiture, sculptures, and photographs in Afro-Cuban Religious Arts offer rare and remarkable glimpses into the rituals and iconography of Espiritismo and Santería. Santería altars are closely guarded, limited to initiates, and typically destroyed upon the death of the santera while Espiritismo artifacts are rarely considered valuable enough to pass on. The unique and protean cultural legacy detailed here reveals how ritual art became popular imagery, sparked a wider dialogue about culture inheritance, attracted new practitioners, and enabled Afro-Cuban religious expression to explode internationally."--Publisher's website. |
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| Ֆիզիկական նկարագրություն: | 1 online resource (xx, 174 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) ) |
| Մատենագիտություն: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-167) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813050454 0813050456 9780813055022 0813055024 1322181969 9781322181967 9780813049700 0813049709 |