MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2008038785
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008 080905s2009 aluab b s001 0 eng
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050 00 $aF1619.2.T3$bO44 2009
082 00 $a972.9/02$222
100 1 $aOliver, José R.
245 10 $aCaciques and Cemí idols :$bthe web spun by Taíno rulers between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico /$cJosé R. Oliver.
260 $aTuscaloosa :$bUniversity of Alabama Press,$cc2009.
300 $axviii, 306 p. :$bill., maps ;$c25 cm.
490 1 $aCaribbean archaeology and ethnohistory
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [257]-279) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- Believers of Cemíism : who were the Taínos 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 Cemí reveals its personhood and its body form -- Cemí idols and Taínoan idolatry -- Cemís and personal identities -- The power and potency of the Cemís -- The display of Cemís : personal vs. communal ownership, private vs. public function -- Face-to-face interactions : Cemís, idols, and the native political elite -- Hanging on to and losing the power of the Cemí idols -- The inheritance and reciprocal exchange of Cemí icons -- Cemís : alienable or inalienable; to give and to keep -- Stone collars, elbow stones, and caciques -- Ancestor Cemís and the Cemíification of the caciques -- The guaíza face masks : gifts of the living for the living -- The circulation of chief's names, women, and Cemís : between the greater and lesser Antilles -- Up in arms : Taíno freedom fighters in Higüey and Boriquén -- The virgin Mary icons and native Cemís : two cases of religious syncretism in Cuba -- Religious syncretism and transculturation : the crossroads toward 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 $aSyncretism (Religion)$zHispaniola.
651 0 $aSpain$xColonies$zAmerica.
651 0 $aHispaniola$xColonization.
651 0 $aHispaniola$xAntiquities.
830 0 $aCaribbean archaeology and ethnohistory.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0827/2008038785.html