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Society of the Dead: Quita Manaquita and Palo Praise in Cuba
Todd R. Ochoa
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Paperback. Explores Palo, a Kongo-inspired 'society of affliction' that is poorly understood at the margins of Cuban popular religion. This title draws upon the critiques of Western metaphysics, revealing what this little known practice can tell us about sensation, transformation, and redemption in the Black Atlantic. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJC; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468. Quita Manaquita and Palo Praise in Cuba. 328 pages. Explores Palo, a Kongo-inspired 'society of affliction' that is poorly understood at the margins of Cuban popular religion. This title draws upon the critiques of Western metaphysics, revealing what this little known practice can tell us about sensation, transformation, and redemption in the Black Atlantic. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1KJC; JHMC. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 20. Weight: 452.
In a riveting first-person account, Todd Ramon Ochoa explores Palo, a Kongo-inspired 'society of affliction' that is poorly understood at the margins of Cuban popular religion. Narrated as an encounter with two teachers of Palo, the book unfolds on the outskirts of Havana as it recounts Ochoa's attempts to assimilate Palo praise of the dead. As he comes to terms with a world in which everyday events and materials are composed of the dead, Ochoa discovers in Palo unexpected resources for understanding the relationship between matter and spirit, for rethinking anthropology's rendering of sorcery, and for representing the play of ... Read more
In a riveting first-person account, Todd Ramon Ochoa explores Palo, a Kongo-inspired 'society of affliction' that is poorly understood at the margins of Cuban popular religion. Narrated as an encounter with two teachers of Palo, the book unfolds on the outskirts of Havana as it recounts Ochoa's attempts to assimilate Palo praise of the dead. As he comes to terms with a world in which everyday events and materials are composed of the dead, Ochoa discovers in Palo unexpected resources for understanding the relationship between matter and spirit, for rethinking anthropology's rendering of sorcery, and for representing the play of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520256842
SKU
V9780520256842
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About Todd R. Ochoa
Todd Ramon Ochoa is a cultural anthropologist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
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"[Ochea's] work is unlikely to be superseded... Highly recommended."
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