Caciques and Cem�i idols the web spun by Ta�ino rulers between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico / by Oliver, Jose R.

Table of Contents: “…-- Webs of interaction : human beings, other beings, and many things -- Personhood and the animistic Amerindian perspective -- Contrasting animistic and naturalistic worldviews -- The Cem�i reveals its personhood and its body form -- Cem�i idols and Ta�inoan idolatry -- Cem�is and personal identities -- The power and potency of the Cem�is -- The display of Cem�is : personal vs. communal ownership, private vs. public function -- Face-to-face interactions : Cem�is, idols, and the native political elite -- Hanging on to and losing the power of the Cem�i idols -- The inheritance and reciprocal exchange of Cem�i icons -- Cem�is : alienable or inalienable; to give and to keep -- Stone collars, elbow stones, and caciques -- Ancestor Cem�is and the Cem�iification of the caciques -- The gua�iza face masks : gifts of the living for the living -- The circulation of chief's names, women, and Cem�is : between the greater and lesser Antilles -- Up in arms : Ta�ino freedom fighters in Hig�uey and Boriqu�en -- The virgin Mary icons and native Cem�is : two cases of religious syncretism in Cuba -- Religious syncretism and transculturation : the crossroads toward new identities -- Final remarks.…”
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