TY  - BOOK
AU  - Román,Reinaldo L.
TI  - Governing spirits: religion, miracles, and spectacles in Cuba and Puerto Rico, 1898-1956 
SN  - 9780807888940
AV  - BL2566.C9 R66 2007eb
U1  - 200.97291/09041 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Chapel Hill
PB  - University of North Carolina Press
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - History
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - TRAVEL
KW  - Special Interest
KW  - Religious
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - Caribbean & West Indies
KW  - Cuba
KW  - Religion
KW  - fast
KW  - gnd
KW  - miracle
KW  - religion
KW  - superstition
KW  - Porto Rico
KW  - 1898
KW  - 1958
KW  - rero
KW  - religion afro-américaine
KW  - spectacle et divertissement
KW  - spiritisme
KW  - Religious life and customs
KW  - Puerto Rico
KW  - Vie religieuse
KW  - Kuba
KW  - swd
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-261) and index; Governing man-gods in Cuba : Hilario Mustelier and Juan Manso -- Governing saints in Puerto Rico : Elenita and the Hermanos Cheos -- Governing witchcraft : journalists and brujos in Republican Cuba -- Self-governing spirits : la Samaritana and Puerto Rico's espiriteros -- Managing miracles in Batista's Cuba : la estigmatizada and clavelito -- Managing miracles in the Commonwealth : the virgin visits Sabana Grande -- Epilogue: The Chupacabras : discourses and social action; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2011
N2  - Freedom of religion did not come easily to Cuba or Puerto Rico. Only after the arrival of American troops during the Spanish-American War were non-Catholics permitted to practice their religions openly. This text explores the changing relationship between regulators and practitioners in neocolonial Cuba and Puerto Rico
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