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Addresses broader issues such as power relations within Caribbean slavery, multiculturalism, and the forms of religious accommodation to cultural change. This book examines the religion's transatlantic route through Cuban Santeria, Puerto Rican Espiritismo, and Black Nationalism.

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Acknowledgments I. Introduction THE PROCESSUAL FRAMEWORK PHASES OF RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENT CONTINUITY AND CHANGE II. Africa THE OLD RELIGION THREE BROTHERS QUARREL, AND THEIR HOMES ARE INVADED BY STRANGERS III.Cuba: Pre-Santeria and Early Santeria (1492-1870) THE CONQUEST CULTURE THE CATHOLIC RELIGION THE SUGAR BOOM AND EXPANSION OF SLAVERY LUCUMI ETHNICITY SYNCRETISM OF AFRICAN AND EUROPEAN RELIGIONS TRANSFORMATION OF THE OLD RELIGION IV. Cuba: Santeria (1870-1959) AN ECONOMIC TRANSITION THE SUPPRESSION OF THE CABILDOS ESPIRITISMO AFRO-CUBANISM THE AMBIVALENCE OF REPRESSION AND RESISTANCE CUBAN POSTSCRIPT V. Santeria in the United States (1959-1982) SPIRITS IN EXILE NEW FORMS IN NEW YORK VI. Continuity and Change PROBLEMS OF COLLECTIVE MEMORY PROBLEMS OF SYNCRETISM Bibliography Index Illustrations follow page 31 and page 120

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      Publisher: Indiana University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 22/03/1997
      ISBN13: 9780253211149, 978-0253211149
      ISBN10: 025321114X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Addresses broader issues such as power relations within Caribbean slavery, multiculturalism, and the forms of religious accommodation to cultural change. This book examines the religion's transatlantic route through Cuban Santeria, Puerto Rican Espiritismo, and Black Nationalism.

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments I. Introduction THE PROCESSUAL FRAMEWORK PHASES OF RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENT CONTINUITY AND CHANGE II. Africa THE OLD RELIGION THREE BROTHERS QUARREL, AND THEIR HOMES ARE INVADED BY STRANGERS III.Cuba: Pre-Santeria and Early Santeria (1492-1870) THE CONQUEST CULTURE THE CATHOLIC RELIGION THE SUGAR BOOM AND EXPANSION OF SLAVERY LUCUMI ETHNICITY SYNCRETISM OF AFRICAN AND EUROPEAN RELIGIONS TRANSFORMATION OF THE OLD RELIGION IV. Cuba: Santeria (1870-1959) AN ECONOMIC TRANSITION THE SUPPRESSION OF THE CABILDOS ESPIRITISMO AFRO-CUBANISM THE AMBIVALENCE OF REPRESSION AND RESISTANCE CUBAN POSTSCRIPT V. Santeria in the United States (1959-1982) SPIRITS IN EXILE NEW FORMS IN NEW YORK VI. Continuity and Change PROBLEMS OF COLLECTIVE MEMORY PROBLEMS OF SYNCRETISM Bibliography Index Illustrations follow page 31 and page 120

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