El Monte's New Itineraries

Afrodiasporic Spirituality in the Contemporary Caribbean. Sprache: Englisch.
kartoniert , 204 Seiten
ISBN 1978846258
EAN 9781978846258
Veröffentlicht 14. April 2026
Verlag/Hersteller Rutgers University Press
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Beschreibung

El Monte's New Itineraries is the first book fully devoted to the study of Cuban author and ethnographer Lydia Cabrera’s El Monte (1954), one of the most influential books in Caribbean cultural history. Highly referenced, if understudied, El Monte is a comprehensive work that intertwines ethnobotany, popular orality, and Afro-Cuban traditions. Its pages have enjoyed a transnational influence, enriching domains such as ethnography, politics, theater, and even science fiction literature in the Caribbean, and the knowledge contained in it lies at the heart of Afro-diasporic spirituality and ethnomedicinal practices across Hispanic Caribbean cultures and beyond.