Espirito Santo, Diana, <br/><br/>
Developing the dead :  mediumship and selfhood in Cuban espiritismo / 
Diana Espírito Santo. 
 - 1 online resource 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Spirits at the crossroads of belief and pragmatism -- Spiritism and the place of the dead in Afro-Cuban religion -- On good mediumship: science, revolution, and legitimacy -- Encounter, selfhood, and multiplicity -- Development as cosmogony: ritual and materialization -- Epilogue: biographical intersections. 
<br/><br/> This book is the first sustained, deep ethnographic study of Espiritismo (Spiritism) in Cuba. In it, Espirito Santo examines in-depth the daily rhythms of how individual practitioners' experiences and conceptions of selfhood are shaped. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780813055275 081305527X 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>22573/ctvwwgs05  JSTOR 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Santeria--Cuba.<br/>Blacks--Religion.--Cuba<br/>Spiritualism--Cuba.<br/>BODY, MIND & SPIRIT--Spirituality--Paganism & Neo-Paganism.<br/>RELIGION--Comparative Religion.<br/>Blacks--Religion.<br/>Religion--African influences.<br/>Santeria.<br/>Spiritualism.<br/>Religion.<br/>Philosophy & Religion.<br/>North & South American Religions.<br/>SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Cuba--Religion--African influences.<br/>Cuba.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BL2532.S3  / E87 2015eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>299.6/897291