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2008038785 contributor B11117743.
2008038785 coverage "Hispaniola Antiquities.".
2008038785 coverage "Hispaniola Colonization.".
2008038785 coverage "Spain Colonies America.".
2008038785 created "c2009.".
2008038785 date "2009".
2008038785 date "c2009.".
2008038785 dateCopyrighted "c2009.".
2008038785 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-279) and index.".
2008038785 description "Introduction -- Believers of Cemíism : who were the Taínos and where did they come from? -- Webs of interaction : human beings, other beings, and many things -- Personhood and the animistic Amerindian perspective -- Contrasting animistic and naturalistic worldviews -- The Cemí reveals its personhood and its body form -- Cemí idols and Taínoan idolatry -- Cemís and personal identities -- The power and potency of the Cemís -- The display of Cemís : personal vs. communal ownership, private vs. public function -- Face-to-face interactions : Cemís, idols, and the native political elite -- Hanging on to and losing the power of the Cemí idols -- The inheritance and reciprocal exchange of Cemí icons -- Cemís : alienable or inalienable; to give and to keep -- Stone collars, elbow stones, and caciques -- Ancestor Cemís and the Cemíification of the caciques -- The guaíza face masks : gifts of the living for the living -- The circulation of chief's names, women, and Cemís : between the greater and lesser Antilles -- Up in arms : Taíno freedom fighters in Higüey and Boriquén -- The virgin Mary icons and native Cemís : two cases of religious syncretism in Cuba -- Religious syncretism and transculturation : the crossroads toward new identities -- Final remarks.".
2008038785 extent "xviii, 306 p. :".
2008038785 identifier "0817316361 (cloth : alk. paper)".
2008038785 identifier "0817355154 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
2008038785 identifier "0817381171 (electronic)".
2008038785 identifier "9780817316365 (cloth : alk. paper)".
2008038785 identifier "9780817355159 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
2008038785 identifier "9780817381172 (electronic)".
2008038785 identifier 2008038785.html.
2008038785 isPartOf "Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory".
2008038785 isPartOf "Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory.".
2008038785 issued "2009".
2008038785 issued "c2009.".
2008038785 language "eng".
2008038785 publisher "Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press,".
2008038785 spatial "Hispaniola Antiquities.".
2008038785 spatial "Hispaniola Colonization.".
2008038785 spatial "Hispaniola".
2008038785 spatial "Hispaniola.".
2008038785 spatial "Spain Colonies America.".
2008038785 subject "972.9/02 22".
2008038785 subject "Christianity and culture Hispaniola.".
2008038785 subject "Christianity and other religions Hispaniola.".
2008038785 subject "F1619.2.T3 O44 2009".
2008038785 subject "Icons Hispaniola History.".
2008038785 subject "Indians of the West Indies First contact with Europeans Hispaniola.".
2008038785 subject "Stone implements Hispaniola History.".
2008038785 subject "Syncretism (Religion) Hispaniola.".
2008038785 subject "Taino Indians Colonization.".
2008038785 subject "Taino Indians Implements.".
2008038785 subject "Taino Indians Religion.".
2008038785 tableOfContents "Introduction -- Believers of Cemíism : who were the Taínos and where did they come from? -- Webs of interaction : human beings, other beings, and many things -- Personhood and the animistic Amerindian perspective -- Contrasting animistic and naturalistic worldviews -- The Cemí reveals its personhood and its body form -- Cemí idols and Taínoan idolatry -- Cemís and personal identities -- The power and potency of the Cemís -- The display of Cemís : personal vs. communal ownership, private vs. public function -- Face-to-face interactions : Cemís, idols, and the native political elite -- Hanging on to and losing the power of the Cemí idols -- The inheritance and reciprocal exchange of Cemí icons -- Cemís : alienable or inalienable; to give and to keep -- Stone collars, elbow stones, and caciques -- Ancestor Cemís and the Cemíification of the caciques -- The guaíza face masks : gifts of the living for the living -- The circulation of chief's names, women, and Cemís : between the greater and lesser Antilles -- Up in arms : Taíno freedom fighters in Higüey and Boriquén -- The virgin Mary icons and native Cemís : two cases of religious syncretism in Cuba -- Religious syncretism and transculturation : the crossroads toward new identities -- Final remarks.".
2008038785 title "Caciques and Cemí idols : the web spun by Taíno rulers between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico / José R. Oliver.".
2008038785 type "text".