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Cachita's streets : the Virgin of Charity, race, and revolution in Cuba /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schmidt, Jalane D., 1968-
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2015.
Series:Religious cultures of African and African diaspora people.
Subjects:
Caridad del Cobre, Virgen de la.
Mary, > Blessed Virgin, Saint > Devotion to > Cuba.
Cuba > Race relations.
Revolutions > Cuba > History.
Cuba > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: "Antes": processions past
  • From foundling to intercessor: Our Lady help of slaves
  • Mambisa virgin: patrona of the patria
  • Royalty in exile: banishing Bembes
  • Crowning Caridad: the queen of republican Cuba
  • The virgin general on the march: conquering Cuba?
  • Rebel sierras and lowlands: petitioning the mother of Cuba
  • "Todos a la plaza!": mobilizing in revolutionary time and space
  • "The streets are for revolutionaries!": prohibiting processions
  • Luchando in the special period: papal visit
  • Conclusion: processions present: returning to the streets, 1998-2012.