The Ontogeny of Dolls: Materiality, Affect, and Self in Afro-Cuban Espiritismo

Objects are fundamental components of cosmology in Afro-Cuban religions; they serve to represent, pay homage to, and feed a constellation of covetous spirits. In a moral universe of practitioners materiality allures and potentially corrupts; it grounds personal and collective ritual agency; mediates...

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Main Author: Espírito Santo, Diana (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis [2019]
In: Material religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 15, Issue: 3, Pages: 269-292
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Cuba / Spiritism / Afro-American syncretism / Materiality / Doll / Ontogeny
Further subjects:B Cuban creole spiritism
B Materiality
B Selfhood
B Dolls
B Affect
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