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Caciques and Cemí idols : the web spun by Taíno rulers between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico
- Title
- Caciques and Cemí idols : the web spun by Taíno rulers between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico / José R. Oliver.
- Author
- Oliver, José R.
- Publication
- Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2009.
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Details
- Description
- xviii, 306 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.
- Series Statement
- Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory
- Uniform Title
- Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory.
- Subjects
- Indians of the West Indies > First contact with other peoples > Hispaniola
- Icons > Hispaniola > History
- Hispaniola > Antiquities
- Syncretism (Religion) > Hispaniola
- Spain > Colonies > America
- Hispaniola > Colonization
- Taino Indians > Religion
- Taino Indians > Colonization
- Taino Indians > Implements
- Christianity and other religions > Hispaniola
- Stone implements > Hispaniola > History
- Christianity and culture > Hispaniola
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-279) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Believers of Cemíism : who were the Taínos 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 Cemí reveals its personhood and its body form -- Cemí idols and Taínoan idolatry -- Cemís and personal identities -- The power and potency of the Cemís -- The display of Cemís : personal vs. communal ownership, private vs. public function -- Face-to-face interactions : Cemís, idols, and the native political elite -- Hanging on to and losing the power of the Cemí idols -- The inheritance and reciprocal exchange of Cemí icons -- Cemís : alienable or inalienable; to give and to keep -- Stone collars, elbow stones, and caciques -- Ancestor Cemís and the Cemíification of the caciques -- The guaíza face masks : gifts of the living for the living -- The circulation of chief's names, women, and Cemís : between the greater and lesser Antilles -- Up in arms : Taíno freedom fighters in Higüey and Boriquén -- The virgin Mary icons and native Cemís : two cases of religious syncretism in Cuba -- Religious syncretism and transculturation : the crossroads toward new identities -- Final remarks.
- Call Number
- JGE 09-42
- ISBN
- 9780817316365 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0817316361 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780817355159 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0817355154 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2008038785
- OCLC
- 248537521
- Author
- Oliver, José R.
- Title
- Caciques and Cemí idols : the web spun by Taíno rulers between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico / José R. Oliver.
- Imprint
- Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2009.
- Series
- Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistoryCaribbean archaeology and ethnohistory.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-279) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JGE 09-42