UID:
edocfu_9960885598002883
Format:
1 online resource (681 pages)
Edition:
First edition
ISBN:
1-4780-2334-1
Series Statement:
Latin America in Translation Series
Uniform Title:
Monte.
Content:
"First published in Cuba in 1954 and appearing here in English for the first time, Lydia Cabrera's El Monte is a foundational and iconic study of Afro-Cuban religious and cultural traditions. Drawing on conversations with elderly Afro-Cuban priests who were one or two generations away from the transatlantic slave trade, Cabrera combines ethnography, history, folklore, literature, and botany to provide a panoramic account of the multifaceted influence of Afro-Atlantic cultures in Cuba. Cabrera details the natural and spiritual landscape of the Cuban monte (forest, wilderness) and discusses hundreds of herbs and the constellations of deities, sacred rights, and knowledge that envelop them. The result is a complex spiritual and medicinal architecture of Afro-Cuban cultures. This new edition of what is often referred to as "the Santería bible" includes a new foreword, introduction, and translator notes. As a seminal work in the study of the African diaspora that has profoundly impacted numerous fields, Cabrera's magnum opus is essential for scholars, activists, and religious devotees of Afro-Cuban traditions alike"--
Note:
Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Foreword The Forest as Moral Document --
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Introduction Loose-Leaf Notes on the Life and Work of Lydia Cabrera --
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Translator's Notes Reading El Monte in the Twenty-First Century --
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Acknowledgments --
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PREFACE --
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Chapter 1 El Monte --
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Chapter 2 Bilongo --
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Chapter 3 Oluwa Ewe: The Owner of El Monte --
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Chapter 4 The Tribute to the Owner of El Monte --
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Chapter 5 How to Prepare a Nganga --
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Chapter 6 The Magical and Medicinal Treasure of Osain and Tata Nfindo --
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Chapter 7 The Ceiba --
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Chapter 8 Ukano Bekonsi --
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Chapter 9 The Royal Palm --
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Chapter 10 Ukano Mambre --
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Botanical Encyclopedia --
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Photographs --
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References --
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Index
Additional Edition:
Print version: Cabrera, Lydia El Monte : Duke University Press,c2023 ISBN 9781478018735
Language:
English
Keywords:
Folklore.
DOI:
10.1515/9781478023340
