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A Party for Lazarus: Six Generations of Ancestral Devotion in a Cuban Town

Todd Ramón Ochoa

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Description:A Party for Lazarus is the story of a Cuban family, six generations removed from slavery, struggling to honor their ancestors amid changing fortunes and a crumbling state. It is an intimate portrait of an intergenerational family saga involving the future of an annual feast to celebrate ancestors and orisás—the life-changing spirits at the center of Black Atlantic religious life. Based on twenty years of fieldwork, Todd Ramón Ochoa’s masterful ethnography shows how orisá praise and everyday life have changed in revolutionary Cuba over two decades of economic hardship.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Party for Lazarus: Six Generations of Ancestral Devotion in a Cuban Town. To get started finding A Party for Lazarus: Six Generations of Ancestral Devotion in a Cuban Town, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: A Party for Lazarus is the story of a Cuban family, six generations removed from slavery, struggling to honor their ancestors amid changing fortunes and a crumbling state. It is an intimate portrait of an intergenerational family saga involving the future of an annual feast to celebrate ancestors and orisás—the life-changing spirits at the center of Black Atlantic religious life. Based on twenty years of fieldwork, Todd Ramón Ochoa’s masterful ethnography shows how orisá praise and everyday life have changed in revolutionary Cuba over two decades of economic hardship.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Party for Lazarus: Six Generations of Ancestral Devotion in a Cuban Town. To get started finding A Party for Lazarus: Six Generations of Ancestral Devotion in a Cuban Town, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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