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Journal of American Folklore, 2003
Two common assumptions about Lydia Cabrera's ethnographic work are that it is exclusively the result of fieldwork and that Afro-Cuban religions are based on oral tradition. Evidence is provided in this paper to show that 1) Cabrera also made use of early religious texts as a primary source, and 2) that her work has served as an influence on the texts ...
Erwan Dianteill, Martha Swearingen
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Two common assumptions about Lydia Cabrera's ethnographic work are that it is exclusively the result of fieldwork and that Afro-Cuban religions are based on oral tradition. Evidence is provided in this paper to show that 1) Cabrera also made use of early religious texts as a primary source, and 2) that her work has served as an influence on the texts ...
Erwan Dianteill, Martha Swearingen
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The Journal of Religion in Africa, 2011
Abstract The scholarship on Afro-Atlantic religions has tended to downplay the importance of Kardecist Espiritismo. In this article I explore the performance of Spiritist rituals among Black North American practitioners of Afro-Cuban religions, and examine its vital role in the development of their religious subjectivity.
Elizabeth Pérez
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Abstract The scholarship on Afro-Atlantic religions has tended to downplay the importance of Kardecist Espiritismo. In this article I explore the performance of Spiritist rituals among Black North American practitioners of Afro-Cuban religions, and examine its vital role in the development of their religious subjectivity.
Elizabeth Pérez
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The Uses of Plants in Healing in an Afro-Cuban Religion, Santeria
Journal of Black Studies, 1991Although plants have long been known to play an important medical and ritual role in the religious traditions of Africa, little attention has been devoted to examining the use of plants in the context of the various Afro-American religions. As one scholar has written: "Medicinal species, to a large extent, have been overlooked even though in some cases
George Brandon
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From House-Temples to Museum Showcase: Afro-Cuban Religions, Heritage and Cultural Policy in Cuba
2018During the Republican era (1902−1959) and under Socialist rule, Cuban governments persecuted, stigmatized, and criminalized Afro-Cuban religious practitioners. At times, they were arrested and their religious objects were confiscated as criminal evidence.
M. A. Tisdel
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Religion
This article reflects on the approaches that contributors to this special issue have adopted in their study of religious (and non-religious) things. Most Winnicott-inspired studies of religion thus far have looked at embodied and communicative experience
Elizabeth Pérez
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This article reflects on the approaches that contributors to this special issue have adopted in their study of religious (and non-religious) things. Most Winnicott-inspired studies of religion thus far have looked at embodied and communicative experience
Elizabeth Pérez
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Of pharisees and snark‐hunters: Afro‐Cuban religion as an object of knowledge
Culture and Religion, 2001Examining some recent publications on Afro‐Cuban religions in the US, this essay argues that some of the evident shortcomings of the literature on this subject may hold important epistemological and methodological lessons for the anthropology of religion in general.
S. Palmié
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Religious Objects, Objections, and Objectives: Recent Books on Afro-cuban Religions
Material Religion: The Journal of Objects, Art and Belief, 2006Jalane D. Schmidt
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The Oxford Handbook of Latinx Christianities in the United States, 2022
This chapter focuses on Afro-Cuban Catholic beliefs and practices, taking an historical approach and bringing the reader up to the contemporary moment.
Elizabeth Pérez
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This chapter focuses on Afro-Cuban Catholic beliefs and practices, taking an historical approach and bringing the reader up to the contemporary moment.
Elizabeth Pérez
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, 2021
The “libreta” or notebook in Spanish is the vernacular name for the writing convention and product that is central to Afro-Cuban religions, especially Lucumí or la Regla de Ocha.
Martin a. Tsang
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The “libreta” or notebook in Spanish is the vernacular name for the writing convention and product that is central to Afro-Cuban religions, especially Lucumí or la Regla de Ocha.
Martin a. Tsang
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