Developing the dead [electronic resource] : mediumship and selfhood in Cuban espiritismo / Diana Espírito Santo.

This book is the first sustained, deep ethnographic study of Espiritismo (Spiritism) in Cuba. In it, Espirito Santo examines in-depth the daily rhythms of how individual practitioners' experiences and conceptions of selfhood are shaped.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Espirito Santo, Diana (Author)
Language:English
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2015]
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Variant Title:
Developing the Dead: Mediumship and Selfhood in Cuban Espiritismo
Format: Electronic eBook

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