E-Book, Englisch, 412 Seiten
Palmié / Stephan Palmie Wizards and Scientists
1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-0-8223-8364-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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Explorations in Afro-Cuban Modernity and Tradition
E-Book, Englisch, 412 Seiten
ISBN: 978-0-8223-8364-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
Questions the disciplinary assumptions of history and anthropology, and Western claims to “own” modernity, using Cuba and Afro-Cuban religion as a case study.
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Acknowledgments
Prologue: Evidence and Presence, Spectral and Other
Introduction
1. “For Reasons of History”: Jose Antonio Aponte and His Libro de Pinturas
2. Genealogies of Morality: The Afro-Cuban Nganga as Wage Laborer, Slave, and Maroon
3. Una Salacion Cientifica: The Work of Witchcraft and Science in Cuban Modernity
Epilogue: Carnal Knowledge
Appendix: Aponte’s Library
Notes
References
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