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" Black Puerto Rican identity and religious experience / "
Samiri Hernández Hiraldo
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BL
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635981
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Hernández Hiraldo, Samiri
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Black Puerto Rican identity and religious experience /\ Samiri Hernández Hiraldo
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| Publication Statement
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Gainesville, FL :: University Press of Florida,, c2006
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New directions in Puerto Rican studies
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xviii, 291 p. :: ill. ;; 24 cm
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0813029244 (alk. paper)
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: 9780813029245
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-273) and index
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| Contents
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Introduction : catching identity and/or/in religion -- 1. "But it isn't just about Loíza" : encountering Loíza -- 2. "If God were black, my friend ..." : Loízan African identity in the Puerto Rican experience here and there -- 3. The restructuring of religious identity in Puerto Rico in the last few centuries -- 4. From state to national to Loízan Catholicism -- 5. "No more Latin" : toward a more meaningful Loízan Catholic experience -- 6. "We are the king's children!" : creating a new consciousness in Loíza -- 7. "Now there is a church on every corner" : religious, socioeconomic, and family identities in a small residential space -- 8. "As God is my witness, I don't have anything to hide" : women, hair, and spiritual identity -- 9. "When they call my name from the Book of life, I will respond happily" : re-indentifying through witnessing at an advanced age -- Conclusion : "If we do not get involved, then the 'witches' will absolutely overtake us" : recatching identity for the future
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Blacks-- Puerto Rico-- Canóvanas-- Religion
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Canóvanas (P.R.), Religious life and customs
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BR645.P7H37 2006
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