Our Lady of the Exile - Diasporic Religion At a Cuban Catholic Shrine in Miami

Zusatztext A pervasive level of folk piety well caught. Klappentext Our Lady of the Exile is a study of Cuban-American popular Catholicism! focusing on the shrine of Our Lady Charity in Miami. Drawing on a wide range of sources and using both historical and ethnographic methods! the book examines the religious life of the Cuban exiles who visit the shrine.Those pilgrims are diverse! and so are the motives that bring them. At the same time! author Thomas A. Tweed argues! Cuban devotees of the national patroness share a great deal. Most come to pray for their homeland and to recreate bonds with other Cubans! on the island and in the diaspora. Theshrine is a place where they come to make sense of themselves as an exiled people. The religious symbols there link the past and present and bridge the homeland and the new land. Through rituals and artifacts at the shrine! Tweed suggests! the Cuban diaspora "imaginatively constructs its collectiveidentity and transports itself to the Cuba of memory and desire." While the book focuses on Cuban exiles in Miami! it moves beyond case study as it explores larger issues concerning religion! identity! and place. How do migrants relate to heir homeland? How do they understand themselves after they have been displaced? What role does religion play among thesediasporic groups? Building on this study of one exiled group! Tweed proposes a theory of diasporic religion that promises to illuminate the experiences of other groups that have been displaced from their native land. As the first book-length analysis of Cuban-American Catholicism! Tweed's book will be an invaluable resource to scholars and students of not only Religious Studies! American Studies! and Ethnic Studies! but also those who studycultural anthropology! human geography! and Latin Americanhistory. Zusammenfassung This is a study of Cuban-American popular Catholicism! focusing on the shrine of Our Lady of Charity in Miami! which is the sacred centre of the Cuban community in exile. Tweed uses historical and ethnographic methods to discover why the shrine attained so much importance and attracts so many visitors! and what it can tell us about larger issues of religion! identity! and place. ...

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Thomas A. Tweed, Thomas A. (Associate Professor of Religious Tweed, Thomas A. (Associate Professor of Religious Studies Tweed, Tweed Thomas A.
• Edition: Oxford University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 01.09.1997
• EAN: 9780195105292
• ISBN: 978-0-19-510529-2
• Pages: 240
• Thèmes: Religion in America; Religion in America Life (Hard; Religion in America
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Religion, théologie > Christianisme; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sociologie > Recherche en structures sociales; USA, Ethnic Studies, RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, Cuba, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Christian Rituals & Practice / General, Christianity, Migration, immigration & emigration, United States of America, USA, Migration, immigration and emigration, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General