El Monte : Notes on the Religions, Magic, and Folklore of the Black and Creole People of Cuba /

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"First published in Cuba in 1954 and appearing here in English for the first time, Lydia Cabrera's El Monte is a foundational and iconic study of Afro-Cuban religious and cultural traditions. Drawing on conversations with elderly Afro-Cuban priests who were one or two generations away from...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Cabrera, Lydia (Autor)
Otros Autores: Font-Navarrete, David, 1973- (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Español
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2023.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Traditional medicine.
Santeria.
Religion.
Magic.
Folklore.
Black people > Religion.
Black people.
African diaspora.
HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / Cuba.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
Folklore > Cuba.
Magic > Cuba.
Traditional medicine > Cuba.
Black people > Cuba > Folklore.
Santeria > Cuba.
Black people > Cuba > Religion.
Cuba.
Cuba > Religion.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword: The forest as moral document / John F. Szwed and Robert F. Thompson
  • Introduction / Isabel Castellanos
  • Translator's notes / David Font-Navarrete
  • El Monte
  • Bilongo
  • Oluwa Ewe
  • Tribute to the owner of El Monte
  • How to prepare a Nganga
  • The magical and medicinal treasure of Tata Nfindo
  • The Ceiba
  • Ukano Bekonsi
  • The Royal Palm
  • Ukano Mambre
  • Botanical encyclopedia (Aba-Zarzaparrilla).

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