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Caciques and Cemí idols the web spun by Taíno rulers between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico
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Title
Caciques and Cemí idols [electronic resource] : the web spun by Taíno rulers between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico / José R. Oliver.
ISBN
9780817316365 (cloth : alk. paper)
0817316361 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780817355159 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0817355154 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780817381172 (electronic)
0817381171 (electronic)
Published
Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2009.
Physical Description
xviii, 306 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 30, 2010
Series
Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-279) and index.
Contents
Introduction
Believers of Cemíism : who were the Taínos and where did they come from?
Webs of interaction : human beings, other beings, and many things
Personhood and the animistic Amerindian perspective
Contrasting animistic and naturalistic worldviews
The Cemí reveals its personhood and its body form
Cemí idols and Taínoan idolatry
Cemís and personal identities
The power and potency of the Cemís
The display of Cemís : personal vs. communal ownership, private vs. public function
Face-to-face interactions : Cemís, idols, and the native political elite
Hanging on to and losing the power of the Cemí idols
The inheritance and reciprocal exchange of Cemí icons
Cemís : alienable or inalienable; to give and to keep
Stone collars, elbow stones, and caciques
Ancestor Cemís and the Cemíification of the caciques
The guaíza face masks : gifts of the living for the living
The circulation of chief's names, women, and Cemís : between the greater and lesser Antilles
Up in arms : Taíno freedom fighters in Higüey and Boriquén
The virgin Mary icons and native Cemís : two cases of religious syncretism in Cuba
Religious syncretism and transculturation : the crossroads toward new identities
Final remarks.
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