Afro-Cuban Religious Arts: Popular Expressions of Cultural Inheritance in Espiritismo and Santería

217 Pages·2014·5.57 MB·English

by  Kristine Juncker

Afro-Cuban Religious Arts
University Press of Florida
Florida A&M University, Tallahassee
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton
Florida Gulf Coast University, Ft. Myers
Florida International University, Miami
Florida State University, Tallahassee
New College of Florida, Sarasota
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University of Florida, Gainesville
University of North Florida, Jacksonville
University of South Florida, Tampa
University of West Florida, Pensacola

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Popular Expressions of Cultural
Inheritance in Espiritismo and Santería
Kristine Juncker
University Press of Florida
Gainesville · Tallahassee · Tampa · Boca Raton · Pensacola
Orlando · Miami · Jacksonville · Ft. Myers · Sarasota
Copyright 2014 by Kristine Juncker
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To Samuel Aaron Shub

Contents
List of Plates xi
List of Figures xiii
List of Tables xv
Acknowledgments xvii
Note on Orthography and Naming xix
Introduction 1
1 Religious Pluralism and the Afro-Cuban Ritual-Arts
Movement, 1899–1969 12
2 Tiburcia and the Nested Spaces of Afro-Cuban Ritual
Arts, 1861–1938 41
3 Hortensia and Iluminada: Afro-Cuban Ritual Altars at
the Crossroads 69
4 Iluminada and Carmen: Arts of Historical Desire in 1950s
and 1960s Spanish Harlem 96
Conclusion: Afro-Atlantic Arts and the Popular Sublime 117
Appendix: Food for the Oricha 129
Notes 133
Bibliography 157
Index 169