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El Monte - Notes on the Religions, Magic, and Folklore of the Black and Creole People of Cuba (Hardcover)
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El Monte - Notes on the Religions, Magic, and Folklore of the Black and Creole People of Cuba (Hardcover)
Series: Latin America in Translation
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Total price: R3,277
Discovery Miles: 32 770
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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
Santeria 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.
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