
Our Lady of the Exile
Diasporic Religion at a Cuban Catholic Shrine in Miami
Thomas A. Tweed(Author)
Oxford University Press Inc
Published on 18. December 1997
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-0-19-510529-2 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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A pervasive level of folk piety well caught. * TLS *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
halftones, line figures, tables
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
552 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-510529-2 (9780195105292)
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Person
Author
Associate Professor of Religious StudiesAssociate Professor of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina