Developing the Dead by Diana Santo

Developing the Dead by Diana Santo

Studies the relationships cultivated by mediums between the living and the dead. 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.

A major empirical contribution to the debate about anti representationalism and posthumanism that has been agitating the entire discipline of anthropology in recent years"—Stephan Palmié, author of The Cooking of History: How Not to Study Afro-Cuban Religion
 
"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. Román, author of Governing Spirits: Religion, Miracles, and Spectacles in Cuba and Puerto Rico, 1898–1956

Diana EspÍrito Santo is assistant professor in social anthropology at the Institute of Sociology, Pontificia Universidad CatÓlica de Chile. She is coeditor of The Social Life of Spirits and Making Spirits: Materiality and Transcendence in Contemporary Religions

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ISBN 13	9780813080383
ISBN 10	081308038X
Title	Developing the Dead
Author	Diana Espírito Santo
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	University Press of Florida
Year published	2023-10-10
Number of pages	338
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