Wizards and Scientists
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Wizards and Scientists by Stephan Palmi
Offers a corrective to existing historiography on the Caribbean, that focuses on developments in Afro-Cuban religious culture to demonstrate that traditional Caribbean cultural practices are steeped in the same history that produced modernity and represent complex hybrid formations.
“Wizards and Scientists is a tour de forcePalmié’s material is extraordinarily interesting and original and his theoretical explorations are virtuosic. This work will become a new benchmark for scholarship on modernity and the Atlantic world.”—Rosalind Shaw, Tufts University
“Palmié unlocks and explores the fascinating world of oracle and historical divination in loving detail and with unrivaled narrative power. Wizards and Scientists is an extraordinary achievement.”—Robert A. Hill, University of California, Los Angeles
“Palmié unlocks and explores the fascinating world of oracle and historical divination in loving detail and with unrivaled narrative power. Wizards and Scientists is an extraordinary achievement.”—Robert A. Hill, University of California, Los Angeles
Stephan PalmiÉ is Assistant Professor of Caribbean History at the University of Maryland.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780822328421 |
| ISBN 10 | 0822328429 |
| Titel | Wizards and Scientists |
| Autor | Stephan Palmié |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | Duke University Press Books |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2002-03-19 |
| Seitenanzahl | 416 |
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