Caciques and Cemi idols : the web spun by Taino rulers between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico / / Jose R. Oliver.
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Superior document: | Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory |
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Year of Publication: | 2009 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory.
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Physical Description: | xviii, 306 p. :; ill., maps. |
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245 | 1 | 0 | |a Caciques and Cemi idols |h [electronic resource] : |b the web spun by Taino rulers between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico / |c Jose R. Oliver. |
260 | |a Tuscaloosa : |b University of Alabama Press, |c c2009. | ||
300 | |a xviii, 306 p. : |b ill., maps. | ||
490 | 1 | |a Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory | |
504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-279) and index. | ||
505 | 0 | |a Introduction -- Believers of Cemiism : who were the Tainos 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 Cemi reveals its personhood and its body form -- Cemi idols and Tainoan idolatry -- Cemis and personal identities -- The power and potency of the Cemis -- The display of Cemis : personal vs. communal ownership, private vs. public function -- Face-to-face interactions : Cemis, idols, and the native political elite -- Hanging on to and losing the power of the Cemi idols -- The inheritance and reciprocal exchange of Cemi icons -- Cemis : alienable or inalienable; to give and to keep -- Stone collars, elbow stones, and caciques -- Ancestor Cemis and the Cemiification of the caciques -- The guaiza face masks : gifts of the living for the living -- The circulation of chief's names, women, and Cemis : between the greater and lesser Antilles -- Up in arms : Taino freedom fighters in Higuey and Boriquen -- The virgin Mary icons and native Cemis : two cases of religious syncretism in Cuba -- Religious syncretism and transculturation : the crossroads toward new identities -- Final remarks. | |
533 | |a Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. | ||
650 | 0 | |a Taino Indians |x Religion. | |
650 | 0 | |a Taino Indians |x Implements. | |
650 | 0 | |a Taino Indians |x Colonization. | |
650 | 0 | |a Indians of the West Indies |x First contact with Europeans |z Hispaniola. | |
650 | 0 | |a Stone implements |z Hispaniola |x History. | |
650 | 0 | |a Icons |z Hispaniola |x History. | |
650 | 0 | |a Christianity and culture |z Hispaniola. | |
650 | 0 | |a Christianity and other religions |z Hispaniola. | |
650 | 0 | |a Syncretism (Religion) |z Hispaniola. | |
651 | 0 | |a Spain |x Colonies |z America. | |
651 | 0 | |a Hispaniola |x Colonization. | |
651 | 0 | |a Hispaniola |x Antiquities. | |
655 | 4 | |a Electronic books. | |
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830 | 0 | |a Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory. | |
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