|
|
Sold Out
Book Categories |
Textual and photographic exploration of the diversity and hybridity of Afro-Cuban religious practices, with a first-hand account by a practitioner whose individual experience speaks to larger themes.
Photographers Garoutte and Wambaugh demystify and celebrate the Afro-Cuban religions of Santería, Palo Monte and Espiritismo. The three traditions are, they note, inextricable in Cuban practice, with supplicants calling on elements from all three, as well as folk Catholicism, to improve their lives, relationships, finances and health. Garoutte and Wambaugh focus their lenses on Santiago, a retired retailer who is a renowned practitioner of Afro-Cuban religions and godfather to many initiates. Driven by powerful, evocative descriptions and scene-setting, the book delves into the various rituals and spiritual practices that take place in the back rooms of Santiago's Cuban home. Following a precedent set in 1991 by Karen McCarthy Brown in her innovative book Mama Lola, in which a scholarly observer of an Afro-Caribbean religion gradually becomes a participant in her own right, these authors do not attempt to maintain skepticism or distance from the subject they cover, and are gradually initiated into both Santería and Palo Monte. What results is a respectful, vibrant account of Afro-Cuban religions, enhanced by more than 150 vivid photographs. (Feb.)
Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information| Price | Condition | Delivery | Seller | Action |
| $99.99 | Digital |
| WonderClub |
Keith Wright
reviewed Crossing the Water: A Photographic Path to the Afro-Cuban Spirit World on June 23, 2020
Crossing the Water: A Photographic Path to the Afro-Cuban Spirit World
The book was written during the darkest years of the horrifying Stalin regime that was marked by parents telling on their children, friends telling on their friends,sacrificed human blood steaming down the altar of the almighty statehood and all-embracing fear paralizing the minds of millions of people.
Daniil Andreev was sentenced, if I rememeber right, to 15 years of maximum security prison for his literary works, because they were so humane, so anti-government, so freedom-seeking that it couldn't have been otherwise. And it's really a miracle that the Rose of the World survived until today. Actually, it did not survive, it was destroyed and the author,while being very sick, restored it completely out of memory very shortly before his death, after he was released from prison. His wife later said that "it seemed as if while he was working to restore the book, some angel was holding him in his hands. But right after Daniil finished, the angel let go of him, and he started getting weaker each day".
The most interesting idea that I found in this book:
When, in creating something, you seek glory for yourself, this makes you smaller, but if you do it for the sake of other people, it brings out the divine in your human nature and elevates you.
Login|Complaints|Blog|Games|Digital Media|Souls|Obituary|Contact Us|FAQ
CAN'T FIND WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? CLICK HERE!!! X
You must be logged in to add to WishlistX
This item is in your Wish List
X
This item is in your Collection
Crossing the Water: A Photographic Path to the Afro-Cuban Spirit World
X
This Item is in Your Inventory
Crossing the Water: A Photographic Path to the Afro-Cuban Spirit World
X
You must be logged in to review the productsX
X
X
Add Crossing the Water: A Photographic Path to the Afro-Cuban Spirit World, In the summer of 2000, two award-winning photographers, Claire Garoutte and Anneke Wambaugh, were researching Afro-Cuban religious practices in Santiago de Cuba, a city on the southeastern coast of Cuba. A chance encounter led them to the home of Santiago, Crossing the Water: A Photographic Path to the Afro-Cuban Spirit World to the inventory that you are selling on WonderClubX
X
Add Crossing the Water: A Photographic Path to the Afro-Cuban Spirit World, In the summer of 2000, two award-winning photographers, Claire Garoutte and Anneke Wambaugh, were researching Afro-Cuban religious practices in Santiago de Cuba, a city on the southeastern coast of Cuba. A chance encounter led them to the home of Santiago, Crossing the Water: A Photographic Path to the Afro-Cuban Spirit World to your collection on WonderClub |