Santeria Enthroned
Art, Ritual, and Innovation in an Afro-Cuban Religion
440 pages, 16 color plates, 114 halftones 8-1/2 x 9-1/4
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2003
Cloth $95.00
ISBN: 9780226076096
Published October 2003
Paper $38.00
ISBN: 9780226076102
Published October 2003
List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Institutional and Ritual Innovation 1: Black Royalty: New Social Frameworks and Remodeled Iconographies in Nineteenth-Century Havana 2: From Cabildo de Nación to Casa-Templo: The New Lucumí, Institutional Reform, and the Shifting Location of Cultural Authenticity 3: Myths of the Yoruba Past and Innovations of the Lucumí Present: The Narrative Production of Religious Cosmology, Hierarchy, and Authority Part II: Iconographic Innovation 4. Royal Iconography and the Modern Lucumí Initiation 5: "The Palace of the Obá Lucumí" and the "Creole Taste": Innovations in Iconography and Meaning Conclusion Appendixes Notes Glossary Bibliography Index
Awards
- American Academy of Religion Awards for Excellence
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