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050 0 4 |a F1619.2.T3  |b O44 2009 
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100 1 |a Oliver, Jose R. 
245 1 0 |a Caciques and Cemi Idols :   |b The Web Spun by Taino Rulers Between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico /   |c Jose R. Oliver. 
264 1 |a Tuscaloosa :  |b University of Alabama Press,  |c 2009. 
264 3 |a Baltimore, Md. :  |b Project MUSE,   |c 2012 
264 4 |c ©2009. 
300 |a 1 online resource (326 pages):   |b ill., maps ; 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a computer  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a online resource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
490 0 |a Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-279) and index. 
505 0 |a 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 Boriquen -- 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. 
588 |a Description based on print version record. 
650 0 |a Syncretism (Religion)  |z Hispaniola. 
650 0 |a Christianity and other religions  |z Hispaniola. 
650 0 |a Christianity and culture  |z Hispaniola. 
650 0 |a Icons  |z Hispaniola  |x History. 
650 0 |a Stone implements  |z Hispaniola  |x History. 
650 0 |a Indians of the West Indies  |x First contact with Europeans  |z Hispaniola. 
650 0 |a Taino Indians  |x Colonization. 
650 0 |a Taino Indians  |x Implements. 
650 0 |a Taino Indians  |x Religion. 
651 0 |a Hispaniola  |x Antiquities. 
651 0 |a Hispaniola  |x Colonization. 
651 0 |a Spain  |x Colonies  |z America. 
655 7 |a Electronic books.   |2 local 
710 2 |a Project Muse.  |e distributor 
830 0 |a Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory. 
830 0 |a Book collections on Project MUSE. 
856 4 0 |z Texto completo  |u https://projectmuse.uam.elogim.com/book/6647/ 
945 |a Project MUSE - Custom Collection 
945 |a Project MUSE - Archive Complete Foundation 
945 |a Project MUSE - Archive Archaeology and Anthropology Foundation 
945 |a Project MUSE - Archive Native American and Indigenous Studies Foundation