{"product_id":"lightning-bolt-book-charlie-demott-wildey-9781953610430","title":"Lightning Bolt","description":"A major empirical contribution to the debate about antirepresentationalism and posthumanism that has been agitating the entire discipline of anthropology in recent years.--Stephan Palmi , author of\u0026gt;\u003ci\u003eThe Cooking of History: How Not to Study Afro-Cuban Religion\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The most provocative and complete portrayal of contemporary Cuban espiritismo available. It underscores the embodied character of espiritista practices and offers a dynamic portrayal of espiritista mediums' crucial roles within a complex of Afro-Cuban religions that includes ocha, palo monte, and other faiths.--Reinaldo L. Rom n, author of\u0026gt;\u003ci\u003eGoverning Spirits: Religion, Miracles, and Spectacles in Cuba and Puerto Rico, 1898-1956\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e To read this book is to enter into an apparently alien world and yet find that it makes complete sense, and for that reason\u0026gt;\u003ci\u003eDeveloping the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e is a model of the anthropological enterprise.--Charles Stewart, author of\u0026gt;\u003ci\u003eDreaming and Historical Consciousness in Island Greece\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Based on extensive fieldwork among espiritistas and their patrons in Havana, this book makes the surprising claim that Spiritist practices are fundamentally a project of developing the self. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When mediums cultivate relationships between the living and the dead, argues Diana Esp rito Santo, they develop, learn, sense, dream, and connect to multiple spirits (\u003ci\u003emuertos\u003c\/i\u003e), expanding the borders of the self. This understanding of selfhood is radically different from Enlightenment ideas of an autonomous, bounded self and holds fascinating implications for prophecy, healing, and self-consciousness. \u003ci\u003eDeveloping the Dead\u0026gt;\u003c\/i\u003eshows how Espiritismo's self-making process permeates all aspects of life, not only for its own practitioners but also for those of other Afro-Cuban religions.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50404228170001,"sku":"CIN1953610439G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":52816988537105,"sku":"CIN1953610439A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1953610439.jpg?v=1751315565","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/lightning-bolt-book-charlie-demott-wildey-9781953610430","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}