Our Lady of the Exile : diasporic religion at a Cuban Catholic shrine in Miami
Title:
Our Lady of the Exile : diasporic religion at a Cuban Catholic shrine in Miami
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Publication Information:
New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Physical Description:
xv, 224 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Series:
Religion in America series
Religion in America series (Oxford University Press)
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-215) and index.
Contents:
I. Devotion to Our Lady of Charity. The Virgin's exile: the Cuban patroness and the diaspora in Miami. -- II. Contested meanings at the shrine. Santería, Catholicism, and evangelization: struggles for religious identity ; Diverse devotees, plural practices, and multiple meanings. -- III. Shared meanings at the shrine. Nationalism, religion, and diasporic identity: an interpretive framework ; Religious artifacts and diasporic identity ; Religious rituals and diasporic identity. -- Postscript: Religion, place and displacement. -- Appendix A: Chronology. -- Appendix B: English-language version of the structured interview questions.
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