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UNINA9910817322203321 |
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Autore |
Espirito Santo Diana |
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Titolo |
Developing the dead : mediumship and selfhood in Cuban espiritismo / / Diana Espírito Santo |
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Gainesville, Florida : , : University Press of Florida, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (339 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Santeria - Cuba |
Black people - Cuba - Religion |
Spiritualism - Cuba |
Cuba Religion African influences |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Spirits at the crossroads of belief and pragmatism -- Spiritism and the place of the dead in Afro-Cuban religion -- On good mediumship: science, revolution, and legitimacy -- Encounter, selfhood, and multiplicity -- Development as cosmogony: ritual and materialization -- Epilogue: biographical intersections. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book is the first sustained, deep ethnographic study of Espiritismo (Spiritism) in Cuba. In it, Espirito Santo examines in-depth the daily rhythms of how individual practitioners' experiences and conceptions of selfhood are shaped. |
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