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Hidden Powers of State in the Cuban Imagination

Hidden Powers of State in the Cuban Imagination

Routon, Kenneth

Paperback

Caribbean HistoryAnthropologyGeneral Latin American History

ISBN10: 0813041961
ISBN13: 9780813041964
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: Nov 15 2011
Pages: 216
Weight: 0.72
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Explores the mutual interaction between magic in Cuban popular culture and the social construction of the power of the Cuban socialist state.--Book News

Describes how socialist ideology is intertwined with Afro-Cuban religious beliefs and practices.--Chronicle of Higher Education

Analyzes the Cuban capacity for combining apparently incompatible beliefs such as socialism and various Afro-Cuban religious practices not only by legitimizing their practice but also by creating a historical narrative wherein the faithful--many of whom are black and poor, two segments of the population that were heavily pro-Revolution--can be reminded of how important they were to the Cuban Revolution.-- WesLive: Wesleyan's Community Blog

A valuable contribution to scholarship in Cuban studies and the study of religion in the Americas. Routon goes beyond other works in analyzing the Cuban capacity for combining apparently incompatible beliefs such as socialism and various Afro-Cuban practices. He also provides a number of important insights into the processes by which magical and ritual idioms of power feed the political imagery and exercise of power in Cuba, and vice versa.--Christine Ayorinde, author of Afro-Cuban Religiosity, Revolution, and National Identity

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