Santeria Enthroned Art, Ritual, and Innovation in an Afro-Cuban Religion

Name: Santeria Enthroned Art, Ritual, and Innovation in an Afro-Cuban Religion
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ISBN: 9780226076102

ISBN-10: 0226076105

ISBN-13: 9780226076102

Edition: 2003

Authors: David H. Brown

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Ever since its emergence in colonial-era Cuba, Afro-Cuban Santeriacute;a (or Lucumiacute;) has displayed a complex dynamic of continuity and change in its institutions, rituals, and iconography. In Santeriacute;a Enthroned, David H. Brown combines art history, cultural anthropology, and ethnohistory to show how Africans and their descendants have developed novel forms of religious practice in the face of relentless oppression.Focusing on the royal throne as a potent metaphor in Santeriacute;a belief and practice, Brown shows how negotiation among ideologically competing interests have shaped the religion's symbols, rituals, and institutions from the nineteenth century to the present. Rich…

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List price: $46.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 10/15/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 440
Size: 8.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 2.332
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Institutional and Ritual Innovation



Black Royalty: New Social Frameworks and Remodeled Iconographies in Nineteenth-Century Havana



From Cabildo de Nacioacute;n to Casa-Templo: The New Lucumiacute;, Institutional Reform, and the Shifting Location of Cultural Authenticity



Myths of the Yoruba Past and Innovations of the Lucumiacute; Present: The Narrative Production of Religious Cosmology, Hierarchy, and Authority



Iconographic Innovation



Royal Iconography and the Modern Lucumiacute; Initiation



The Palace of the Obaacute; Lucumiacute;" and the "Creole Taste": Innovations in Iconography and Meaning


Conclusion


Appendixes


Notes


Glossary


Bibliography


Index