TY  - BOOK
AU  - Oliver,Jos�e R.
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Caciques and Cem�i idols: the web spun by Ta�ino rulers between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico 
T2  - Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory
AV  - F1619.2.T3 O44 2009eb
U1  - 972.9/02 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Tuscaloosa
PB  - University of Alabama Press
KW  - Taino Indians
KW  - Religion
KW  - Implements
KW  - Colonization
KW  - Indians of the West Indies
KW  - First contact with Europeans
KW  - Hispaniola
KW  - Stone implements
KW  - History
KW  - Icons
KW  - Christianity and culture
KW  - Christianity and other religions
KW  - Syncretism (Religion)
KW  - Spain
KW  - Colonies
KW  - America
KW  - Antiquities
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - 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
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10309017
ER  -