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Developing the Dead
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- Book Synopsis
- Studying 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. When mediums cultivate relationships between the living and the dead, argues Diana Espírito Santo, they develop, learn, sense, dream, and connect to multiple spirits (muertos), expanding the borders of the self. This understanding of selfhood is radically different from Enlightenment ideas of an autonomous, bounded self and holds fascinating implications for prophecy, healing, and self-consciousness. Developing the Dead shows how Espiritismo's self-making process permeates all aspects of life, not only for its own practitioners but also for those of other Afro-Cuban religions.
- About The Author
- Diana Esp+rito Santo is assistant professor in social anthropology at the Institute of Sociology, Pontificia Universidad Catalica de Chile. She is coeditor of The Social Life of Spirits and Making Spirits: Materiality and Transcendence in Contemporary Religions
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780813080383
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida, (10 October 2023)
- Number of Pages
- 338
- Weight
- 272 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 229 x 152 x 18 mm
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