MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02710nam a22004098a 4500
001 2008038785
003 DLC
005 20080910162342.0
008 080905s2009 alu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008038785
020 $a9780817316365 (cloth : alk. paper)
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020 $a9780817381172 (electronic)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
043 $anwhi---
050 00 $aF1619.2.T3$bO55 2009
082 00 $a972.9/02$222
100 1 $aOliver, José R.
245 10 $aCaciques and Cemi idols :$bthe web spun by Taino rulers between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico /$cJose R. Oliver.
260 $aTuscaloosa :$bUniversity of Alabama Press,$cc2009.
263 $a0904
300 $ap. cm.
490 0 $aCaribbean archaeology and ethnohistory
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- Believers of Cemiism : who were the Tainos and where did they come from? -- Webs of interaction : human beings, other beings, and many things -- Personhood and the animistic Amerindian perspective -- Contrasting animistic and naturalistic worldviews -- The Cemi reveals its personhood and its body form -- Cemi idols and tainoan idolatry -- Cemis and personal identities -- The power and potency of the Cemis -- The display of Cemis : personal vs. communal ownership, private vs. public function -- Face-to-face interactions : Cemis, idols, and the native political elite -- Hanging on to and losing the power of the Cemi idols -- The inheritance and reciprocal exchange of cemi icons -- Cemis : alienable or inalienable; to give and to keep -- Stone collars, elbow stones, and caciques -- Ancestor Cemis and the Cemiification of the caciques -- The guaiza face masks : gifts of the living for the living -- The circulation of chief's names, women, and cemis : between the greater and lesser Antilles -- Up in arms : Taino freedom fighters in Higuey and Boriquen -- The virgin Mary icons and native Cemis : two cases of religious syncretism in Cuba -- Religious syncretism and transculturation : the crossroads to new identities -- Final remarks.
650 0 $aTaino Indians$xReligion.
650 0 $aTaino Indians$xImplements.
650 0 $aTaino Indians$xColonization.
650 0 $aIndians of the West Indies$xFirst contact with Europeans$zHispaniola.
650 0 $aStone implements$zHispaniola$xHistory.
650 0 $aIcons$zHispaniola$xHistory.
650 0 $aChristianity and culture$zHispaniola.
650 0 $aChristianity and other religions$zHispaniola.
650 0 $aReligious syncretism$zHispaniola.
651 0 $aSpain$xColonies$zAmerica.
651 0 $aHispaniola$xColonization.
651 0 $aHispaniola$xAntiquities.