Living Santería : rituals and experiences in an Afro-Cuban religion /

Living Santería : rituals and experiences in an Afro-Cuban religion /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mason, Michael Atwood
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, [2002]
Subjects:
Santeria.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • INTRODUCTION Living Santeria 1 "THE BLOOD THAT RUNS THROUGH THE VEINS" Defining Identity and Experience in Dilogun Divination-- 2 "I BOW MY HEAD TO THE GROUND" Creating Bodily Experience through Initiation
  • 3 "MY PANTS ARE BLOODY" Negotiating Identity in American Santeria
  • 4 LIVING WITH THE ORICHAS Ritual and the Social Construction of the Deities
  • 5 IMAGINING POWER The Aesthetics of Ache in Santerfa
  • 6 SANTERIA AND THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF SUBJECTIVITY.