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

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
Subject:
Palo.
Afro-Caribbean cults -- Cuba.
Afro-Caribbean cults.
Palo.
Religion.
Cuba -- Religious life and customs.
Cuba -- Religion -- 20th century.
Cuba.
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.
Print version record.
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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