Reinaldo L. Román - Governing Spirits: Religion, Miracles, and Spectacles in Cuba and Puerto Rico, 1898-1956
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Spiritism, Santeria, and other African-derived traditions were typically characterized in sensational fashion by the popular press as a plague of superstition. Examining seven episodes between 1898 and the Cuban Revolution when the public demanded official actions against misbelief, Roman finds that when outbreaks of superstition were debated, matters of citizenship were usually at stake. He links the circulation of spectacular charges of witchcraft and miracle-making to anxieties surrounding newly expanded citizenries that included people of color. Governing Spirits also contributes to the understanding of vernacular religions by moving beyond questions of national or traditional origins to illuminate how boundaries among hybrid practices evolved in a process of historical contingencies.
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