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Truth in motion : the recursive anthropology of Cuban divination /
Embarking on an ethnographic journey to the inner barrios of Havana among practitioners of If̀, a prestigious Afro-Cuban tradition of divination, Truth in Motion reevaluates Western ideas about truth in light of the practices and ideas of a wildly different, and highly respected, model. Acutely focu...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction: The Question of Truth in the Historiography and Ethnography of Ifá Divination; Chapter 1. Truth in Anthropology: From Nature and Culture to Recursive Analysis; Chapter 2. Truth Beyond Doubt: The Alterity of Divination; Chapter 3. Living Ifá: The Matter of Truth; Chapter 4. Mythical Transcendence and Ritual Elicitation: The Cosmo
- Praxis of Ifá Divination; Chapter 5. The Ontology of Motion: Power, Powder, and Vertical Transformation; Chapter 6. Divinatory Metamorphosis: Symbolism, Interpretation, and the Motility of Meaning.
- Chapter 7. The Event of Truth: Coincidence, Revelation, BewildermentChapter 8. Definition and Obligation: The Truth of the Oracles; Conclusion: Anthropological Truth; Epilogue: On Humility; Appendix A: The Naming and Ranking of Divinatory Configurations; Appendix B: "Papers of Ifá": An Example; Notes; Works Cited; Index.