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- Caciques and Cemi Idols
- Publication Name
- Caciques and Cemi Idols : the Web Spun by Taino Rulers between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico
- Title
- Caciques and Cemi Idols
- Subtitle
- The Web Spun by Taino Rulers Between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico
- EAN
- 9780817355159
- ISBN
- 9780817355159
- Publisher
- University of Alabama Press
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Release Year
- 2009
- Release Date
- 30/05/2009
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Weight
- 22.6 Oz
- Contributor
- L. Antonio Curet (Series edited by)
- Genre
- Society & Culture
- Topic
- History
- Series
- Caribbean Archaeology and Ethnohistory Ser.
- Item Length
- 9.3in
- Publication Year
- 2009
- Type
- Textbook
- Item Height
- 1.1in
- Item Width
- 6.2in
- Number of Pages
- 326 Pages
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Cem s are both portable artifacts and embodiments of persons or spirit, which the Ta nos and other natives of the Greater Antilles (ca. AD 1000-1550) regarded as numinous beings with supernatural or magic powers. This volume takes a close look at the relationship between humans and other (non-human) beings that are imbued with cem power, specifically within the Ta no inter-island cultural sphere encompassing Puerto Rico and Hispaniola. The relationships address the important questions of identity and personhood of the cem icons and their human "owners" and the implications of cem gift-giving and gift-taking that sustains a complex web of relationships between caciques (chiefs) of Puerto Rico and Hispaniola. Oliver provides a careful analysis of the four major forms of cem s--three-pointed stones, large stone heads, stone collars, and elbow stones--as well as face masks, which provide an interesting contrast to the stone heads. He finds evidence for his interpretation of human and cem interactions from a critical review of 16th-century Spanish ethnohistoric documents, especially the Relaci n Acerca de las Antig edades de los Indios written by Friar Ram n Pan in 1497-1498 under orders from Christopher Columbus. Buttressed by examples of native resistance and syncretism, the volume discusses the iconoclastic conflicts and the relationship between the icons and the human beings. Focusing on this and on the various contexts in which the relationships were enacted, Oliver reveals how the cem s were central to the exercise of native political power. Such cem s were considered a direct threat to the hegemony of the Spanish conquerors, as these potent objects were seen as allies in the native resistance to the onslaught of Christendom with its icons of saints and virgins.
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Publisher
University of Alabama Press
ISBN-10
0817355154
ISBN-13
9780817355159
eBay Product ID (ePID)
71661432
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Caciques and Cemi Idols : the Web Spun by Taino Rulers between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Series
Caribbean Archaeology and Ethnohistory Ser.
Publication Year
2009
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
326 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.3in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
6.2in
Item Weight
22.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
F1619.2.T3o55 2009
Edition Number
2
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"This is an important book. Quoting Samuel Wilson on the back cover, this reviewer concurs that this is 'the best volume written on the subject to date." -- CHOICE, "Richly supported by detailed evidence, this work is carefully and logically argued. It is also a groundbreaking contribution to Caribbean anthropology and the best volume written on the subject to date."--Samuel M. Wilson, University of Texas at Austin, "Richly supported by detailed evidence, this work is carefully and logically argued. It is also a groundbreaking contribution to Caribbean anthropology and the best volume written on the subject to date."-Samuel M. Wilson, University of Texas at Austin, "Richly supported by detailed evidence, this work is carefully and logically argued. It is also a groundbreaking contribution to Caribbean anthropology and the best volume written on the subject to date." --Samuel M. Wilson, University of Texas at Austin, "This is an important book. Quoting Samuel Wilson on the back cover, this reviewer concurs that this is 'the best volume written on the subject to date.'" -- CHOICE, "This is an important book. Quoting Samuel Wilson on the back cover, this reviewer concurs that this is 'the best volume written on the subject to date.'"-- CHOICE
Copyright Date
2009
Topic
Archaeology, Europe / Spain & Portugal, Indigenous Studies, Subjects & Themes / Religious, Christianity / General, Anthropology / General, Philosophy, Sociology of Religion
Lccn
2008-038785
Dewey Decimal
972.9/02
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
22
Genre
Art, Religion, History, Social Science
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