{"product_id":"a-party-for-lazarus-9780520315983","title":"A Party for Lazarus","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Party for Lazarus is the story of a Cuban family, six generations removed from slavery, struggling to honor its ancestors amid changing fortunes and a crumbling state. This intimate intergenerational account centers on an annual feast celebrating ancestors and orisásthe life-changing spirits at the heart of Black Atlantic religious life. Based on twenty years of fieldwork, Todd Ramón Ochoa's masterful ethnography shows how orisá praise and everyday life have changed in revolutionary Cuba over two decades of economic hardship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Much more than a traditional ethnography, this work is an affective journey, one that marks the rhythms and sensations of everyday life in a home where Catholic saints, African gods, and the Cuban dead comingle with family, friends, and neighbors.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Journal of the American Academy of Religion *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PART ONE\u003cbr\u003e 1 • The Ring and the Altar\u003cbr\u003e 2 • La Sociedad Africana, 1880–1940: Chacha Cairo\u003cbr\u003e among the Dead and the Santos-Orisás\u003cbr\u003e 3 • Cucusa Sáez and Her Children\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PART TWO\u003cbr\u003e 4 • 1999: Return\u003cbr\u003e 5 • A Meal for the Dead\u003cbr\u003e 6 • Opening\u003cbr\u003e 7 • Slaughter\u003cbr\u003e 8 • A Bembé for San Lázaro–Babalú Ayé\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PART THREE\u003cbr\u003e 9 • 2005: Loss\u003cbr\u003e 10 • A Hole to Fill\u003cbr\u003e 11 • Dear Elégua\u003cbr\u003e 12 • 2006: Decay\u003cbr\u003e 13 • Oyá\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PART FOUR\u003cbr\u003e 14 • 2009: Deceit\u003cbr\u003e 15 • Voices of the Dead\u003cbr\u003e 16 • 2012: Prohibition\u003cbr\u003e 17 • Lázaro M.\u003cbr\u003e 18 • Two Bembés\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PART FIVE\u003cbr\u003e 19 • 2014: Despair\u003cbr\u003e 20 • Sovereigns of Affliction\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue • 2018: Recovery\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402925547863,"sku":"9780520315983","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520315983.jpg?v=1730481865","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-party-for-lazarus-9780520315983","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}