Our Lady of the Exile Diasporic Religion at a Cuban Catholic Shrine in Miami

Name: Our Lady of the Exile Diasporic Religion at a Cuban Catholic Shrine in Miami
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ISBN: 9780195155938

ISBN-10: 0195155939

ISBN-13: 9780195155938

Edition: 2002

Authors: Thomas A. Tweed

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Our Lady of the Exile is a study of Cuban-American popular Catholicism, focusing on the shrine of Our Lady Charity in Miami. Drawing on a wide range of sources and using both historical and ethnographic methods, the book examines the religious life of the Cuban exiles who visit the shrine. Those pilgrims are diverse, and so are the motives that bring them. At the same time, author Thomas A. Tweed argues, Cuban devotees of the national patroness share a great deal. Most cometo pray for their homeland and to recreate bonds with other Cubans, on the island and in the diaspora. The shrine is a place where they come to make sense of themselves as an exiled people. The religious symbols there…

Book details

List price: $69.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/10/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 9.09" wide x 5.98" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Devotion to Our Lady of Charity



The Virgin's Exile the Cuban Patroness and the Diaspora in Miami



Contested Meanings at the Shrine



Santerï¿½a, Catholicism, and Evangelization



Diverse Devotees, Plural Practices, and Multiple Meanings



Shared Meanings at the Shrine



Nationalism, Religion, and Diasporic Identity an Interpretive Framework



Religious Artifacts and Diasporic Identity



Religious Rituals and Diasporic Identity



Chronology



English-Language Version of the Structured Interview Questions


Notes


Select Bibliography


Index