Oliver, Jos�e R.
Caciques and Cem�i idols the web spun by Ta�ino rulers between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico / [electronic resource] : Jos�e R. Oliver. - Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2009. - xviii, 306 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. - Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory . - Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-279) and index.
Introduction -- Believers of Cem�iism : who were the Ta�inos 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 Cem�i reveals its personhood and its body form -- Cem�i idols and Ta�inoan idolatry -- Cem�is and personal identities -- The power and potency of the Cem�is -- The display of Cem�is : personal vs. communal ownership, private vs. public function -- Face-to-face interactions : Cem�is, idols, and the native political elite -- Hanging on to and losing the power of the Cem�i idols -- The inheritance and reciprocal exchange of Cem�i icons -- Cem�is : alienable or inalienable; to give and to keep -- Stone collars, elbow stones, and caciques -- Ancestor Cem�is and the Cem�iification of the caciques -- The gua�iza face masks : gifts of the living for the living -- The circulation of chief's names, women, and Cem�is : between the greater and lesser Antilles -- Up in arms : Ta�ino freedom fighters in Hig�uey and Boriqu�en -- The virgin Mary icons and native Cem�is : two cases of religious syncretism in Cuba -- Religious syncretism and transculturation : the crossroads toward new identities -- Final remarks.
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2011.
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Taino Indians--Religion.
Taino Indians--Implements.
Taino Indians--Colonization.
Indians of the West Indies--First contact with Europeans--Hispaniola.
Stone implements--History.--Hispaniola
Icons--History.--Hispaniola
Christianity and culture--Hispaniola.
Christianity and other religions--Hispaniola.
Syncretism (Religion)--Hispaniola.
Spain--Colonies--America.
Hispaniola--Colonization.
Hispaniola--Antiquities.
Electronic books.
F1619.2.T3 / O44 2009eb
972.9/02
Caciques and Cem�i idols the web spun by Ta�ino rulers between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico / [electronic resource] : Jos�e R. Oliver. - Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2009. - xviii, 306 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. - Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory . - Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-279) and index.
Introduction -- Believers of Cem�iism : who were the Ta�inos 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 Cem�i reveals its personhood and its body form -- Cem�i idols and Ta�inoan idolatry -- Cem�is and personal identities -- The power and potency of the Cem�is -- The display of Cem�is : personal vs. communal ownership, private vs. public function -- Face-to-face interactions : Cem�is, idols, and the native political elite -- Hanging on to and losing the power of the Cem�i idols -- The inheritance and reciprocal exchange of Cem�i icons -- Cem�is : alienable or inalienable; to give and to keep -- Stone collars, elbow stones, and caciques -- Ancestor Cem�is and the Cem�iification of the caciques -- The gua�iza face masks : gifts of the living for the living -- The circulation of chief's names, women, and Cem�is : between the greater and lesser Antilles -- Up in arms : Ta�ino freedom fighters in Hig�uey and Boriqu�en -- The virgin Mary icons and native Cem�is : two cases of religious syncretism in Cuba -- Religious syncretism and transculturation : the crossroads toward new identities -- Final remarks.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
GBA934367 bnb
Uk
Taino Indians--Religion.
Taino Indians--Implements.
Taino Indians--Colonization.
Indians of the West Indies--First contact with Europeans--Hispaniola.
Stone implements--History.--Hispaniola
Icons--History.--Hispaniola
Christianity and culture--Hispaniola.
Christianity and other religions--Hispaniola.
Syncretism (Religion)--Hispaniola.
Spain--Colonies--America.
Hispaniola--Colonization.
Hispaniola--Antiquities.
Electronic books.
F1619.2.T3 / O44 2009eb
972.9/02