Caciques and Cemí idols the web spun by Taíno rulers between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico /
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| Series: | Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory.
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Caciques and Cemí idols |h [electronic resource] : |b the web spun by Taíno rulers between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico / |c José 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 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. | |
| 533 | |a Electronic reproduction. |b Palo Alto, Calif. : |c ebrary, |d 2013. |n Available via World Wide Web. |n Access may be limited to ebrary 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. | |
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