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The Center of European Languages of Qom(Ale Beit Publications)
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BL
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3080
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b12634
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| Language of Document
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English
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| Main Entry
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Oliver, Josae R
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Caciques and Cemai idols:the web spun by Taaino rulers between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico/ Josae R. Oliver
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| Publication Statement
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Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press,, c2009.
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| Series Statement
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(Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory)
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xviii, 306 p.: ill., maps ; 25 cm.
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| ISBN
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9780817316365(cloth : alk.paper)
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| Notes
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Print
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-279) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction -- Believers of Cemaiism : who were the Taainos 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 Cemai reveals its personhood and its body form -- Cemai idols and Taainoan idolatry -- Cemais and personal identities -- The power and potency of the Cemais -- The display of Cemais : personal vs. communal ownership, private vs. public function -- Face-to-face interactions : Cemais, idols, and the native political elite -- Hanging on to and losing the power of the Cemai idols -- The inheritance and reciprocal exchange of Cemai icons -- Cemais : alienable or inalienable; to give and to keep -- Stone collars, elbow stones, and caciques -- Ancestor Cemais and the Cemaiification of the caciques -- The guaaiza face masks : gifts of the living for the living -- The circulation of chief's names, women, and Cemais : between the greater and lesser Antilles -- Up in arms : Taaino freedom fighters in Higeuey and Boriquaen -- The virgin Mary icons and native Cemais : two cases of religious syncretism in Cuba -- Religious syncretism and transculturation : the crossroads toward new identities -- Final remarks.
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Taino IndiansReligion
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Taino IndiansImplements
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Taino IndiansColonization
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Indians of the West IndiesFirst contact with Europeans--Hispaniola
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Stone implementsHispaniola--History
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IconsHispaniola--History
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Christianity and cultureHispaniola
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Christianity and other religionsHispaniola
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Syncretism (Religion)Hispaniola
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SpainColonies--America
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HispaniolaColonization
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HispaniolaAntiquities
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| Dewey Classification
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972.9.02
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| LC Classification
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F1619.2.T3,O44 2009
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