02369nam 2200625 450 991081732220332120220205013457.00-8130-5085-5(CKB)2670000000618863(EBL)2059108(SSID)ssj0001498705(PQKBManifestationID)11878867(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001498705(PQKBWorkID)11506204(PQKB)10511530(StDuBDS)EDZ0001283548(OCoLC)910513408(MdBmJHUP)muse46828(MiAaPQ)EBC2059108(Au-PeEL)EBL2059108(CaPaEBR)ebr11059898(CaONFJC)MIL791363(EXLCZ)99267000000061886320150613h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDeveloping the dead mediumship and selfhood in Cuban espiritismo /Diana Espírito SantoGainesville, Florida :University Press of Florida,2015.©20151 online resource (339 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8130-6078-8 0-8130-5527-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.SanteriaCubaBlack peopleCubaReligionSpiritualismCubaCubaReligionAfrican influencesSanteriaBlack peopleReligion.Spiritualism299.6/897291Espirito Santo Diana1678231MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817322203321Developing the dead4045685UNINA