Materializations of oricha voice through divinations in Cuban Santería
In this essay I explore how oricha (deities’) voice is produced in and through Cuban Santería practices that render oricha speech audible, meaningful, and quotable. In the semiotic order governing Cuban popular religious practice, human bodies and other objects can be “activated” as instruments of o...
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Main Author: | Kristina Wirtz |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Société des américanistes
2018-06-01
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Series: | Journal de la Société des Américanistes |
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Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/jsa/15808 |
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