Santería Enthroned: Art, Ritual, and Innovation in an Afro-Cuban Religion

by David H. Brown

Ever since its emergence in colonial-era Cuba, Afro-Cuban Santer?a (or Lucum?) has displayed a complex dynamic of continuity and change in its institutions, rituals, and iconography. Originally published in 2003 Santer?a Enthroned combines art, history, cultural anthropology, and ethnohistory to show how Africans and their descendants have developed novel forms of religious practice in the face of relentless oppression. Focusing on the royal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367332191
• ISBN13: 9780367332198
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 454 Pages