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OUR LADY OF THE EXILE
DIASPORIC RELIGION AT A CUBAN CATHOLIC SHRINE IN MIAMI |
| By: |
Thomas A. Tweed |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£105.00 |
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£105.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
019510529X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780195105292 |
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| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS INC |
| Pub. date: |
1 September, 1997 |
| Series: |
Religion in America |
| Pages: |
240 |
| 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. |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
| Illustrations: |
halftones, line figures, tables |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press Inc |
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