The cooking of history : how not to study Afro-Cuban religion /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Palmié, Stephan
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Subjects:	Blacks > Cuba > Religion. Cuba > Religion. Afro-Caribbean cults. RELIGION / Ethnic & Tribal. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction. BL2532.S3 or, How not to study "Afro"-"Cuban" "religion"
On Yoruba origins, for example
Fernando Ortiz and the cooking of history
Or "syncretism," for that matter
The color of the gods: notes on a question better left unasked
Afronauts of the virtual Atlantic: the giant African snail incident, the war of the Oriatés, and the plague of Orichas
Coda. Ackee and saltfish versus amalá con quimbombó, or more foods for thought
Epilogue.