LEADER 02770nam 2200433 450 001 9910821578003321 005 20191210163823.0 010 $a90-8890-763-3 035 $a(CKB)4940000000147606 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5979978 035 $a(EXLCZ)994940000000147606 100 $a20191210d2019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aIndigenous ancestors and healing landscapes $ecultural memory and intercultural communication in the Dominican Republic and Cuba. /$fJana Pesoutova? 210 1$aLeiden :$cSidestone Press,$d[2019] 210 4$dİ2019 215 $a1 online resource (390 pages) 311 $a90-8890-764-1 311 $a90-8890-762-5 330 8 $aThis book presents new interpretations of current healing practices in Cuba and the Dominican Republic juxtaposed against the European colonization of the Caribbean after 1492. By combining data from critical historical analyses and ethnographic fieldwork, this research examines current healing landscapes and their historical background in both countries.0This dissertation situates the continuous importance of non-institutional healing practices within the rich symbolism of Cuban and Dominican landscapes. More specifically, the study focuses on practices promoting physical, mental and spiritual healing of individuals and communities. It provides various examples that illustrate human interactions with divine and ancestral beings residing in places such as water sources, caverns, or manifested in plants and other natural phenomena. Data presented in this work guides our understanding of how local cultural memory plays a key role in our construction of medicinal histories, and the profound demographic and landscape transformations which shaped the healing landscapes after European conquest. Healing landscapes are also testimonies of the Cuban and Dominican ancestors' creativity, resilience, capacity to heal and find unity in the dehumanizing and alienating atmosphere of colonial violence and exploitation. This book is not aimed solely for academic public, but also those interested in Caribbean cultures, and the history of medicinal practices. 606 $aTraditional medicine$zCuba 607 $aWest Indies$zGreater Antilles$2fast 607 $aCuba$2fast 607 $aDominican Republic$2fast 608 $aFolklore.$2fast 615 0$aTraditional medicine 676 $a615.88097291 700 $aPesoutova?$b Jana$01595046 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821578003321 996 $aIndigenous ancestors and healing landscapes$93915825 997 $aUNINA