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David H. Brown

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  © 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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