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Governing spirits [electronic resource] : religion, miracles, and spectacles in Cuba and Puerto Rico, 1898-1956 / Reinaldo L. Román.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2007.Description: xii, 273 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 200.97291/09041 22
LOC classification:
  • BL2566.C9 R66 2007
Online resources:
Contents:
Governing man-gods in Cuba : Hilario Mustelier and Juan Manso -- Governing saints in Puerto Rico : Elenita and the Hermanos Cheos -- Governing witchcraft : journalists and brujos in Republican Cuba -- Self-governing spirits : la Samaritana and Puerto Rico's espiriteros -- Managing miracles in Batista's Cuba : la estigmatizada and clavelito -- Managing miracles in the Commonwealth : the virgin visits Sabana Grande -- Epilogue: The Chupacabras : discourses and social action.
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Ebook TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Online eBook (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-261) and index.

Governing man-gods in Cuba : Hilario Mustelier and Juan Manso -- Governing saints in Puerto Rico : Elenita and the Hermanos Cheos -- Governing witchcraft : journalists and brujos in Republican Cuba -- Self-governing spirits : la Samaritana and Puerto Rico's espiriteros -- Managing miracles in Batista's Cuba : la estigmatizada and clavelito -- Managing miracles in the Commonwealth : the virgin visits Sabana Grande -- Epilogue: The Chupacabras : discourses and social action.

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