03554nam a2200553 a 4500 ebr10309017 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 080905s2009 aluab sb s001 0 eng 2008038785 GBA934367 bnb 015104507 Uk 9780817316365 (cloth : alk. paper) 0817316361 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780817355159 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0817355154 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780817381172 (electronic) 0817381171 (electronic) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)647814611 nwhi--- F1619.2.T3 O44 2009eb 972.9/02 22 Oliver, Jos�e R. Caciques and Cem�i idols [electronic resource] : the web spun by Ta�ino rulers between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico / Jos�e R. Oliver. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2009. xviii, 306 p. : ill., maps. Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-279) and index. Introduction -- Believers of Cem�iism : who were the Ta�inos and where did they come from? -- Webs of interaction : human beings, other beings, and many things -- Personhood and the animistic Amerindian perspective -- Contrasting animistic and naturalistic worldviews -- The Cem�i reveals its personhood and its body form -- Cem�i idols and Ta�inoan idolatry -- Cem�is and personal identities -- The power and potency of the Cem�is -- The display of Cem�is : personal vs. communal ownership, private vs. public function -- Face-to-face interactions : Cem�is, idols, and the native political elite -- Hanging on to and losing the power of the Cem�i idols -- The inheritance and reciprocal exchange of Cem�i icons -- Cem�is : alienable or inalienable; to give and to keep -- Stone collars, elbow stones, and caciques -- Ancestor Cem�is and the Cem�iification of the caciques -- The gua�iza face masks : gifts of the living for the living -- The circulation of chief's names, women, and Cem�is : between the greater and lesser Antilles -- Up in arms : Ta�ino freedom fighters in Hig�uey and Boriqu�en -- The virgin Mary icons and native Cem�is : two cases of religious syncretism in Cuba -- Religious syncretism and transculturation : the crossroads toward new identities -- Final remarks. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Taino Indians Religion. Taino Indians Implements. Taino Indians Colonization. Indians of the West Indies First contact with Europeans Hispaniola. Stone implements Hispaniola History. Icons Hispaniola History. Christianity and culture Hispaniola. Christianity and other religions Hispaniola. Syncretism (Religion) Hispaniola. Spain Colonies America. Hispaniola Colonization. Hispaniola Antiquities. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10309017 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 175412 175412