Society of the dead: quita manaquita and palo praise in cuba
Auteur :
Ochoa, Todd Ramón
Éditeur :
University of California Press
ISBN :
9780520256842
Date de publication :
28 oct. 2010
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,3 cm
Poids :
408 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Explores Palo, a Kongo-inspired 'society of affliction' that is poorly understood at the margins of Cuban popular religion. This title draws upon the critiques of Western metaphysics, revealing what this little known practice can tell us about sensation, transformation, and redemption in the Black Atlantic.