Society of the dead : Quita Manaquita and Palo praise in Cuba / Todd Ramón Ochoa.
Material type: TextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California, ©2010.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 313 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780520947924
- 0520947924
- 1282771795
- 9781282771796
- Quita Manaquita and Palo praise in Cuba
- Palo
- Afro-Caribbean cults -- Cuba
- Cuba -- Religious life and customs
- Cuba -- Religion -- 20th century
- Palo (Culte)
- Cultes afro-antillais -- Cuba
- Cuba -- Vie religieuse
- Cuba -- Religion -- 20e siècle
- RELIGION -- Ethnic & Tribal
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural
- Afro-Caribbean cults
- Palo
- Religion
- Cuba
- Palo Monte
- Religionsausübung
- Schwarze
- Kuba
- Havanna
- Palo Monte
- Religionsausübung
- Kult
- Kuba
- Amerika -- Schwarze
- 1900-1999
- 299.6/7 22
- BL2532.P35 O24 2010eb
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Includes bibliographical references (287-291) and index.
Print version record.
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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