Format:
1 online resource (328 pages)
ISBN:
9780817381172
Series Statement:
Caribbean Archaeology and Ethnohistory Ser
Content:
José R. Oliver is Lecturer at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations and Tables -- Preface -- PART I. INTRODUCTION AND THEORETICAL PREMISES -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Believers of Cemíism: Who Were the Taínos and Where Did They Come From? -- 3. Webs of Interaction: Human Beings, Other Beings, and Many Things -- 4. Personhood and the Animistic Amerindian Perspective -- 5. Contrasting Animistic and Naturalistic Worldviews -- PART II. THE FORM, PERSONHOOD, IDENTITY, AND POTENCY OF CEMÍ IDOLS -- 6. The Cemí Reveals Its Personhood and Its Body Form -- 7. Cemí Idols and Taínoan Idolatry -- 8. Cemís and Personal Identities -- PART III. THE SOCIAL RELATIONS AND CIRCULATION OF CEMÍ IDOLS AND HUMAN BEINGS -- 9. The Power and Potency of the Cemís -- 10. The Display of Cemís: Personal vs. Communal Ownership, Private vs. Public Function -- 11. Face-to-Face Interactions: Cemís, Idols, and the Native Political Elite -- 12. Hanging On to and Losing the Power of the Cemí Idols -- 13. The Inheritance and Reciprocal Exchange of Cemí Icons -- 14. Cemís: Alienable or Inalienable -- To Give or To Keep -- PART IV. STONE COLLARS, ELBOW STONES, THREE-POINTERS, STONE HEADS, AND GUAÍZAS -- 15. Stone Collars, Elbow Stones, and Caciques -- 16. Ancestor Cemís and the Cemíification of the Caciques -- 17. The Guaíza Face Masks: Gifts of the Living for the Living -- 18. The Circulation of Chiefs' Names, Women, and Cemís: Between the Greater and Lesser Antilles -- PART V. THE BATTLES FOR THE CEMÍS IN HISPANIOLA, BORIQUÉN, AND CUBA -- 19. Up in Arms: Taíno Freedom Fighters in Higüey and Boriquén -- 20. The Virgin Mary Icons and Native Cemís: Two Cases of Religious Syncretism in Cuba -- 21. Religious Syncretism and Transculturation: The Crossroads toward New Identities -- PART VI. CONCLUSIONS -- 22. Final Remarks -- References Cited -- Photo Credits and Copyrights -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780817316365
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780817316365
Additional Edition:
Print version Caciques and Cemi Idols The Web Spun by Taino Rulers Between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico
Additional Edition:
Druckausg. Oliver, José R. Caciques and Cemí idols Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2009 ISBN 0817355154
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0817381171
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780817316365
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0817316361
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780817355159
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780817381172
Language:
English
Keywords:
Taino
;
Kultgegenstand
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