TY  - BOOK
AU  - Oliver,José R.
TI  - Caciques and Cemí idols: the web spun by Taíno rulers between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico 
T2  - Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory
SN  - 9780817381172 (electronic bk.)
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Tuscaloosa
PB  - University of Alabama Press
KW  - Taino Indians
KW  - Religion
KW  - Implements
KW  - Colonization
KW  - Indians of the West Indies
KW  - First contact with Europeans
KW  - Hispaniola
KW  - Stone implements
KW  - History
KW  - Spain
KW  - Colonies
KW  - America
KW  - Antiquities
N1  - 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
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