Claire Garoutte, Anneke Wambaugh

Crossing the Water

A Photographic Path to the Afro-Cuban Spirit World

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Produktbeschreibung

Textual and photographic exploration of the diversity and hybridity of Afro-Cuban religious practices, with a first-hand account by a practitioner whose individual experience speaks to larger themes.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 267mm x 230mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 1111g
• ISBN-13: 9780822340393
• ISBN-10: 0822340399
• Artikelnr.: 22878364

Autorenporträt

Claire Garoutte and Anneke Wambaugh

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
1. I Bow My Head to the Ground: Santería Thrones and Rituals 25
2. Ver Para Creer (Seeing is Believing): The Prendas and Ritual of
PaloMonte 67
3. It's My War Now: The Private Sphere of Santiago's Daily Practice 115
4. I Am Not from Here: Espiritismo and the Congo Spirits of the Dead 157
Afterword: ¿Y la Otra? (And the Other One?): The Nature of Our
Collaboration 199
Notes 203
Glossary 227
Bibliography 243
Index 249