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The underground world of secret Jews and Africans : two tales of sex, magic, and survival in colonial Cartagena and Mexico city /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schorsch, Jonathan, 1963- (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Markus Wiener Publishers, [2021]
Subjects:
Church history > 17th century.
Inquisition > Colombia > Cartagena > History > 17th century.
Inquisition > Mexico > Mexico City > History > 17th century.
Black people > Relations with Jews.
Race relations > Religious aspects.
Jews > Colombia > Cartagena > History > 17th century.
Jews > Mexico > Mexico City > History > 17th century.
Black people > Colombia > Cartagena > History > 17th century.
Black people > Mexico > Mexico City > History > 17th century.
Blacks.
Blacks > Relations with Jews.
Church history.
Inquisition.
Jews.
Colombia > Cartagena.
Mexico > Mexico City.
1600-1699
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Jews and Judeoconversos
  • Africans and Afroiberians
  • Caste and Christianity
  • Inquisition
  • Two surgeons, a slave, and the Inquisition
  • A Portuguese-born New Christian is accused and tortured
  • An ex-slave surgeon and his witchcraft-practicing lover
  • Knowledge is power, especially through the gaze of the invisible
  • The meaning-making of Afroiberian magic
  • Denouncing injustice?
  • Spilling one's guts
  • Trials and errors
  • Esperanza Rodríguez: a life in-between
  • An extended family of Fervent Crypto-Jews?
  • Becoming a Crypto-Jew
  • Within the bosom of the clan: from slave to elder
  • The attraction of the other
  • The tragic sense of humor of the cosmos
  • Conclusion
  • Tying up toxic loose ends
  • Final Thoughts.