| Description |
xviii, 306 p. : ill., maps. |
| Series |
Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory |
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Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-279) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Taino Indians -- Religion.
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Taino Indians -- Implements.
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Taino Indians -- Colonization.
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Indians of the West Indies -- First contact with Europeans -- Hispaniola.
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Stone implements -- Hispaniola -- History.
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Icons -- Hispaniola -- History.
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Christianity and culture -- Hispaniola.
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Christianity and other religions -- Hispaniola.
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Syncretism (Religion) -- Hispaniola.
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Spain -- Colonies -- America.
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Hispaniola -- Colonization.
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Hispaniola -- Antiquities.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780817316365 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0817316361 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780817355159 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0817355154 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780817381172 (electronic bk.) |
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0817381171 (electronic bk.) |
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