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

"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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Cabrera, Lydia (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Font-Navarrete, David, 1973- (Traducteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
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Publié: Durham : Duke University Press, 2023.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Table des matières:
  • 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).