Governing spirits [electronic resource] : religion, miracles, and spectacles in Cuba and Puerto Rico, 1898-1956 / Reinaldo L. Román.
Publication details: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2007.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 273 p.) : illISBN:- 9780807888940 (electronic bk.)
- 080788894X (electronic bk.)
- Cuba -- Religion
- Cuba -- Religious life and customs
- Puerto Rico -- Religion
- Puerto Rico -- Religious life and customs
- Religion
- Kuba
- Puerto Rico
- miracle -- religion -- superstition -- Cuba -- Porto Rico -- 1898 -- 1958
- religion afro-américaine -- Cuba -- Porto Rico -- 1898 -- 1958
- religion -- spectacle et divertissement -- Cuba -- Porto Rico -- 1898 -- 1958
- spiritisme -- Cuba -- Porto Rico -- 1898 -- 1958
- RELIGION / History
- TRAVEL / Special Interest / Religious
- 200.97291/09041 22
- BL2566.C9 R66 2007eb
Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-261) and index.
Governing man-gods in Cuba : Hilario Mustelier and Juan Manso -- Governing saints in Puerto Rico : Elenita and the Hermanos Cheos -- Governing witchcraft : journalists and brujos in Republican Cuba -- Self-governing spirits : la Samaritana and Puerto Rico's espiriteros -- Managing miracles in Batista's Cuba : la estigmatizada and clavelito -- Managing miracles in the Commonwealth : the virgin visits Sabana Grande -- Epilogue: The Chupacabras : discourses and social action.
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