Diana Espírito Santo

Gebundenes Buch

Developing the Dead

Mediumship and Selfhood in Cuban Espiritismo

Beschreibung

Despite its powerful influence on Cuban culture, Espiritismo has often been overlooked by scholars. Developing the Dead is the first in-depth exploration of contemporary Espiritismo in Cuba. Based on extensive fieldwork among religious practitioners and their clients in Havana, this book makes the surprising claim that Spiritist practices are fundamentally a project of developing the self.

Autor

Diana Espírito Santo is assistant professor in social anthropology at the Institute of Sociology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. She is coeditor of The Social Life of Spirits and Making Spirits: Materiality and Transcendence in Contemporary Religions

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Longleaf Services on Behalf of U of Florida Press
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. August 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 667g
• ISBN-13: 9780813060781
• ISBN-10: 0813060788
• Artikelnr.: 41396891