{"product_id":"wizards-and-scientists-9780822328421","title":"Wizards and Scientists","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOffers a corrective to existing historiography on the Caribbean, that focuses on developments in Afro-Cuban religious culture to demonstrate that traditional Caribbean cultural practices are steeped in the same history that produced modernity and represent complex hybrid formations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eWizards and Scientists\u003c\/i\u003e is a \u003ci\u003etour de force\u003c\/i\u003e. Palmié’s material is extraordinarily interesting and original and his theoretical explorations are virtuosic. This work will become a new benchmark for scholarship on modernity and the Atlantic world.”—Rosalind Shaw, Tufts University\u003cbr\u003e“Palmié unlocks and explores the fascinating world of oracle and historical divination in loving detail and with unrivaled narrative power. \u003ci\u003eWizards and Scientists\u003c\/i\u003e is an extraordinary achievement.”—Robert A. Hill, University of California, Los Angeles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments \u003cbr\u003e Prologue: Evidence and Presence, Spectral and Other\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Introduction \u003cbr\u003e 1. “For Reasons of History”: Jose Antonio Aponte and His Libro de Pinturas\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2. Genealogies of Morality: The Afro-Cuban Nganga as Wage Laborer, Slave, and Maroon \u003cbr\u003e 3. Una Salacion Cientifica: The Work of Witchcraft and Science in Cuban Modernity \u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: Carnal Knowledge \u003cbr\u003e Appendix: Aponte’s Library \u003cbr\u003e Notes \u003cbr\u003e References \u003cbr\u003e Permissions \u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406029234519,"sku":"9780822328421","price":27.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822328421.jpg?v=1730494298","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/wizards-and-scientists-9780822328421","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}