Cachita''s Streets - The Virgin of Charity, Race, and Revolution in Cuba

Informationen zum Autor Jalane D. Schmidt Klappentext Jalane D. Schmidt is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia. Zusammenfassung Jalane D. Schmidt shows how the Virgin of Charity of El Cobre! discovered in 1612 and known as Cachita! is a potent and contested symbol of Cuban national identity. She analyzes the five times over the last eighty years Cachita has been celebrated in Cuba's urban streets. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments  vii Introduction. "Antes": Processions Past  1 Part I. Cuba Produnda, 1612–1927 1. From Foundling to Intercessor: Our Lady Help of Slaves  17 2. Mambisa Virgin: Patrona of the Patria  49 Part II. Regal Streets, 1931–1936 3. Royalty in Exile: Banishing Bembes  69 4. Crowning La Caridad: The Queen of Republican Cuba  94 Part III. Martial Streets, 1951–1958 5. The Virgin General on the March: Conquering Cuba?  131 6. Rebel Sierras and Lowlands: Petitioning the Mother of Cuba  164 Part IV. Revolutionary Streets, 1959–1998 7. "¡Todos a la Plaza!": Mobilizing in Revolutionary Time and Space  185 8. "The Streets Are for Revolutionaries!": Prohibiting Processions  207 9. Luchando in the Special Period: Papal Visit  235 Conclusion. Processions Present: Returning to the Streets, 1998–2012  273 Notes  299 Bibliography  323 Index  347

Product details

• Authors: Jalane D Schmidt, Jalane D. Schmidt
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.08.2015
• EAN: 9780822359180
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-5918-0
• No. of pages: 376
• Series: Religious Cultures of African; Religious Cultures of African and African Diaspora People; Religious Cultures of African and African Diaspora People; Religious Cultures of African
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous