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Afro-Cuban Religious Arts: Popular Expressions of Cultural Inheritance in Espiritismo and Santerķa
Contributor(s): Juncker, Kristine (Author)

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 ISBN: 0813049709     ISBN-13: 9780813049700
Publisher: University Press of Florida
OUR PRICE: $78.70  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2014
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BISAC Categories:
- Art | Caribbean & Latin American
- Art | Subjects & Themes - Religious
Dewey: 704.948
LCCN: 2014934335
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" L (1.15 lbs) 208 pages
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
Review Citations: Choice 02/01/2015 pg. 961
 
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"Challenges the reader in provocative new ways. Points to the salient call to action presented by local Santer a and Espiritismo arts, ritual, performance, and other cultural forms in addressing core questions of history, legacy, and new beginnings."--Suzanne Preston Blier, author of Royal Arts of Africa

"A much needed study of the manner in which the religious art of women is a fundamental dimension of Afro-Cuban religious ritual, both in the public and private spheres."--Michelle Gonzalez Maldonado, author of Afro-Cuban Theology

From a plantation in Havana Province in the 1880s to a religious center in Spanish Harlem in the 1960s, this book profiles four generations of women from one Afro-Cuban religious family. The women were connected by their prominent roles as leaders in the religions they practiced and the dramatic ritual artwork they created. Each was a medium in Espiritismo--communicating with dead ancestors for guidance or insight--and also a santera, or priest of Santer a, who could engage the oricha pantheon.

Kristine Juncker argues that by creating art for more than one religion these women shatter the popular assumption that Afro-Caribbean religions are exclusive organizations. The portraiture, sculptures, and photographs in Afro-Cuban Religious Arts offer rare and remarkable glimpses into the rituals and iconography of Espiritismo and Santer a. Santer a altars are closely guarded, limited to initiates, and typically destroyed upon the death of the santera while Espiritismo artifacts are rarely considered valuable enough to pass on. The unique and protean cultural legacy detailed here reveals how ritual art became popular imagery, sparked a wider dialogue about culture inheritance, attracted new practitioners, and enabled Afro-Cuban religious expression to explode internationally.
 
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