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Society of the dead : Quita Manaquita and Palo praise in Cuba / Todd Ramón Ochoa.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California, ©2010.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 313 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780520947924
  • 0520947924
  • 1282771795
  • 9781282771796
Other title:
  • Quita Manaquita and Palo praise in Cuba
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Society of the dead.DDC classification:
  • 299.6/7 22
LOC classification:
  • BL2532.P35 O24 2010eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. The Dead -- 1. Isidra -- 2. Kalunga, The Ambient Dead -- 3. Little Corners -- 4. Responsive Dead -- Part II. Palo Society -- 5. Emilio O'Farril -- 6. Teodoro -- 7. Palo Society -- 8. Decay -- 9. A Feast Awry -- 10. Virtudes -- Part III. Prendas-Ngangas-Enquisos -- 11. Lucero Mundo -- 12. The Cauldron -- 13. Reckoning With The Dead -- 14. Nfumbe -- 15. Insinuation And Artifice -- Part IV. Palo Craft -- 16. Struggle Is Praise -- 17. Cristianas -- 18. Judas -- 19. Tormenta Ndoki -- 20. Storms Of Lent -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (287-291) and index.

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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.

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. The Dead -- 1. Isidra -- 2. Kalunga, The Ambient Dead -- 3. Little Corners -- 4. Responsive Dead -- Part II. Palo Society -- 5. Emilio O'Farril -- 6. Teodoro -- 7. Palo Society -- 8. Decay -- 9. A Feast Awry -- 10. Virtudes -- Part III. Prendas-Ngangas-Enquisos -- 11. Lucero Mundo -- 12. The Cauldron -- 13. Reckoning With The Dead -- 14. Nfumbe -- 15. Insinuation And Artifice -- Part IV. Palo Craft -- 16. Struggle Is Praise -- 17. Cristianas -- 18. Judas -- 19. Tormenta Ndoki -- 20. Storms Of Lent -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

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