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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 pil...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tweed, Thomas A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Colección:Religion in America series.
Temas:
Ermita de la Caridad (Miami, Fla.)
Cuban American Catholics > Florida > Miami.
Cubans > Florida > Miami > Religion.
Caridad de Cartagena, Virgen de la > Cult > Florida > Miami.
Catholiques américains d'origine cubaine > Floride > Miami.
Cubains > Floride > Miami > Religion.
Virgen de la Caridad > Culte > Floride > Miami.
Caridad de Cartagena, Virgen de la > Cult
Cuban American Catholics
Cubans > Religion
Florida > Miami
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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 come to pray for their homeland and to recreate bonds with other Cubans, on the island and in the diaspora. Theshrine is a plac.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xv, 224 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0195344499
9780195344493

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