Caciques and Cemí idols the web spun by Taíno rulers between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico /
Oliver, José R.
Caciques and Cemí idols the web spun by Taíno rulers between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico / [electronic resource]: José R. Oliver - Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2009 - Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory . - Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory .
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-279) and index
Introduction -- Believers of Cemíism : who were the Taínos 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 Cemí reveals its personhood and its body form -- Cemí idols and Taínoan idolatry -- Cemís and personal identities -- The power and potency of the Cemís -- The display of Cemís : personal vs. communal ownership, private vs. public function -- Face-to-face interactions : Cemís, idols, and the native political elite -- Hanging on to and losing the power of the Cemí idols -- The inheritance and reciprocal exchange of Cemí icons -- Cemís : alienable or inalienable; to give and to keep -- Stone collars, elbow stones, and caciques -- Ancestor Cemís and the Cemíification of the caciques -- The guaíza face masks : gifts of the living for the living -- The circulation of chief's names, women, and Cemís : between the greater and lesser Antilles -- Up in arms : Taíno freedom fighters in Higüey and Boriquén -- The virgin Mary icons and native Cemís : two cases of religious syncretism in Cuba -- Religious syncretism and transculturation : the crossroads toward new identities -- Final remarks
Mode of access : Internet
9780817381172 (electronic bk.) 0817381171 (electronic bk.) 9780817316365 (cloth) 0817316361 (cloth) 9780817355159 (pbk) 0817355154 (pbk)
Taino Indians--Religion
Taino Indians--Implements
Taino Indians--Colonization
Indians of the West Indies--First contact with Europeans--Hispaniola
Stone implements--History--Hispaniola
Spain--Colonies--America
Hispaniola--Colonization
Hispaniola--Antiquities
Caciques and Cemí idols the web spun by Taíno rulers between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico / [electronic resource]: José R. Oliver - Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2009 - Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory . - Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory .
Description based on print version record
Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-279) and index
Introduction -- Believers of Cemíism : who were the Taínos 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 Cemí reveals its personhood and its body form -- Cemí idols and Taínoan idolatry -- Cemís and personal identities -- The power and potency of the Cemís -- The display of Cemís : personal vs. communal ownership, private vs. public function -- Face-to-face interactions : Cemís, idols, and the native political elite -- Hanging on to and losing the power of the Cemí idols -- The inheritance and reciprocal exchange of Cemí icons -- Cemís : alienable or inalienable; to give and to keep -- Stone collars, elbow stones, and caciques -- Ancestor Cemís and the Cemíification of the caciques -- The guaíza face masks : gifts of the living for the living -- The circulation of chief's names, women, and Cemís : between the greater and lesser Antilles -- Up in arms : Taíno freedom fighters in Higüey and Boriquén -- The virgin Mary icons and native Cemís : two cases of religious syncretism in Cuba -- Religious syncretism and transculturation : the crossroads toward new identities -- Final remarks
Mode of access : Internet
9780817381172 (electronic bk.) 0817381171 (electronic bk.) 9780817316365 (cloth) 0817316361 (cloth) 9780817355159 (pbk) 0817355154 (pbk)
Taino Indians--Religion
Taino Indians--Implements
Taino Indians--Colonization
Indians of the West Indies--First contact with Europeans--Hispaniola
Stone implements--History--Hispaniola
Spain--Colonies--America
Hispaniola--Colonization
Hispaniola--Antiquities