Witchcraft and Welfare : : Spiritual Capital and the Business of Magic in Modern Puerto Rico / / Raquel Romberg.
Persecuted as evil during colonial times, considered charlatans during the nation-building era, Puerto Rican brujos (witch-healers) today have become spiritual entrepreneurs who advise their clients not only in consultation with the spirits but also in compliance with state laws and new economic opp...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2003 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (335 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION: RITUAL ALCHEMY
- Part I SHIFTING FACES
- CHAPTER ONE GATEKEEPERS AND HERETICS: DISPUTING SACRED TERRITORIES
- CHAPTER TWO NATION BUILDING AND THE SECULARIZATION OF SPIRITUALITY
- CHAPTER THREE SPIRITUAL LAISSEZ-FAIRE AND THE COMMODIFICATION OF FAITH
- Part II THE TECHNOLOGIES OF COSMIC AND WORLDLY SUCCESS
- CHAPTER FOUR BRUJOS, SAINTS OR BROKERS?
- CHAPTER FIVE SPIRITUAL ASSETS AND THE ENTANGLEMENTS OF POWER
- CHAPTER SIX THE GLOBAL BAZAAR OF SPIRITUAL ENTERPRISE
- CHAPTER SEVEN THE MORAL ECONOMY OF BUREAUCRATIC PROVIDENCE
- CHAPTER EIGHT ADVOCATES AND LAWYERS OF ANOTHER ORDER
- EPILOGUE: THE HALLOWEEN EXTRAVAGANZA
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX