Society of the Dead : Quita Manaquita and Palo Praise in Cuba
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0520256840
ISBN-13
9780520256842
Publisher
University of California Press
Imprint
University of California Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 28th, 2010
Print length
328 Pages
Weight
450 grams
Dimensions
22.70 x 15.20 x 2.00 cms
Product Classification:
Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography
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Explores Palo, a Kongo-inspired 'society of affliction' that is poorly understood at the margins of Cuban popular religion. This title draws upon the critiques of Western metaphysics, revealing what this little known practice can tell us about sensation, transformation, and redemption in the Black Atlantic.
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