Society of the dead : Quita Manaquita and Palo praise in Cuba /

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Author / Creator:Ochoa, Todd Ramón, 1969-
Imprint:Berkeley : University of California, ©2010.
Description:1 online resource (xi, 313 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12397773
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Varying Form of Title:Quita Manaquita and Palo praise in Cuba
ISBN:9780520947924
0520947924
1282771795
9781282771796
9780520256835
0520256832
9780520256842
0520256840
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (287-291) and index.
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Summary:In this first-person account, Todd Ramón Ochoa explores Palo, a poorly-understood Kongo-inspired 'society of afflication' at the margins of Cuban popular religion. Narrated as an encounter with two teachers of Palo, the book unfolds on the outskirts of Havana.
Other form:Print version: Ochoa, Todd Ramón, 1969- Society of the dead. Berkeley : University of California, ©2010 9780520256835
Standard no.:9786612771798
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Summary:In a riveting first-person account, Todd Ramón Ochoa explores Palo, a Kongo-inspired "society of affliction" that is poorly understood at the margins of Cuban popular religion. Narrated as an encounter with two teachers of Palo, the book unfolds on the outskirts of Havana as it recounts Ochoa's attempts to assimilate Palo praise of the dead. As he comes to terms with a world in which everyday events and materials are composed of the dead, Ochoa discovers in Palo unexpected resources for understanding the relationship between matter and spirit, for rethinking anthropology's rendering of sorcery, and for representing the play of power in Cuban society. The first fully detailed treatment of the world of Palo, Society of the Dead draws upon recent critiques of Western metaphysics as it reveals what this little known practice can tell us about sensation, transformation, and redemption in the Black Atlantic.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 313 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (287-291) and index.
ISBN:9780520947924
0520947924
1282771795
9781282771796
9780520256835
0520256832
9780520256842
0520256840