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Caciques and Cemí idols : the web spun by Taíno rulers between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico / José R. Oliver.
Penn Museum Library F1619.2.T3 O55 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Oliver, José R.
- Series:
- Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Taino Indians--Religion.
- Taino Indians.
- Taino Indians--Implements.
- Taino Indians--Colonization.
- Indians of the West Indies--First contact with other peoples--Hispaniola.
- Indians of the West Indies.
- Antiquities.
- Colonization.
- Syncretism (Religion).
- Christianity and other religions.
- Christianity and culture.
- Icons.
- History.
- Stone implements.
- Hispaniola.
- Indians of the West Indies--First contact with other peoples.
- Stone implements--Hispaniola--History.
- Icons--Hispaniola--History.
- Christianity and culture--Hispaniola.
- Christianity and other religions--Hispaniola.
- Syncretism (Religion)--Hispaniola.
- Spain--Colonies--America.
- Spain.
- Colonies.
- America.
- Hispaniola--Colonization.
- Hispaniola--Antiquities.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 306 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2009]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-279) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780817316365
- 0817316361
- 9780817355159
- 0817355154
- 9780817381172
- 0817381171
- OCLC:
- 248537521
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