UID:
almafu_9959677603802883
Format:
1 online resource (377 p.)
ISBN:
0-8223-7531-1
Series Statement:
The religious cultures of African and African diaspora people
Content:
Jalane D. Schmidt shows how the Virgin of Charity of El Cobre, discovered in 1612 and known as Cachita, is a potent and contested symbol of Cuban national identity. She analyzes the five times over the last eighty years Cachita has been celebrated in Cuba's urban streets.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Introduction: "Antes": processions past -- From foundling to intercessor: Our Lady help of slaves -- Mambisa virgin: patrona of the patria -- Royalty in exile: banishing Bembes -- Crowning Caridad: the queen of republican Cuba -- The virgin general on the march: conquering Cuba? -- Rebel sierras and lowlands: petitioning the mother of Cuba -- "Todos a la plaza!": mobilizing in revolutionary time and space -- "The streets are for revolutionaries!": prohibiting processions -- Luchando in the special period: papal visit -- Conclusion: processions present: returning to the streets, 1998-2012.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8223-5937-5
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8223-5918-9
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
DOI:
10.1515/9780822375319
URL:
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URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822375319
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780822375319
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/9780822375319?locatt=mode:legacy
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822375319
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780822375319
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